Test Engineer H-1B salary at Tesla — 111 certified filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 9
- Filings · FY2025
- $123k
- Median base · FY2025
- $114k–$140k
- Middle 50% · FY2025
- +61%
- vs market median · all years
Tesla filed 9 certified H-1B LCAs for Test Engineer in FY2025, with a median base salary of $123k and the middle 50% of offers between $114k and $140k. Across all years its $124k median is 61% above the $77k market median for Test Engineer. It has filed 111 Test Engineer LCAs since FY2017, most often in Palo Alto, CA.
How much does Tesla pay a Test Engineer?
Certified base salary for Test Engineer at Tesla by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $123k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
Does Tesla pay Test Engineers above the market?
Tesla's all-years median against every employer's certified Test Engineer LCAs — 61% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.
| Base salary for this title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Tesla | 111 | $124k |
| All employers · Test Engineer | 7,916 | $77k |
How has Tesla's Test Engineer hiring changed by year?
5 certified Test Engineer filings in FY2017 → 45 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 45 | +400% | $140k |
| FY2025 | 9 | +13% | $123k |
| FY2024 | 8 | +60% | $125k |
| FY2023 | 5 | −58% | $124k |
| FY2022 | 12 | +33% | $110k |
| FY2021 | 9 | +50% | $102k |
| FY2020 | 6 | +100% | $105k |
| FY2019 | 3 | −67% | $103k |
| FY2018 | 9 | +80% | $99k |
| FY2017 | 5 | — | $93k |
Which wage levels does Tesla file for Test Engineer?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 10% of Tesla's Test Engineer filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.
Share of 83 Test Engineer filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.6%3
- Level II86.7%72
- Level III8.4%7
- Level IV1.2%1
Where does Tesla hire H-1B Test Engineers?
Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| California | 97 | $124k |
| Nevada | 5 | $115k |
| Texas | 4 | $146k |
| Michigan | 3 | $87k |
| New York | 2 | $110k |
| City | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto, CA | 53 | $123k |
| Fremont, CA | 31 | $125k |
| Lathrop, CA | 10 | $117k |
| Sparks, NV | 5 | $115k |
| Austin, TX | 4 | $146k |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 3 | $87k |
| Buffalo, NY | 2 | $110k |
| Oakland, CA | 1 | $140k |
Also filed as
Tesla's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Test Engineer LCAs. All years.
Other titles at Tesla
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer | 437 | $140k |
| Mechanical Design Engineer | 354 | $122k |
| Process Engineer | 300 | $103k |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 284 | $114k |
| Senior Software Development Engineer | 274 | $157k |
| Manufacturing Equipment Engineer | 245 | $108k |
| Staff Software Development Engineer | 229 | $197k |
| Software Engineer | 154 | $130k |
| Senior Mechanical Design Engineer | 139 | $130k |
| Sr Software Development Engineer | 139 | $183k |
Top Test Engineer sponsors
| Employer | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Wipro | 1,999 | $70k |
| Mphasis | 626 | $84k |
| L T Technology Services | 327 | $72k |
| 196 | $160k | |
| Syntel | 128 | $69k |
| Mindtree | 104 | $63k |
| Slk America | 93 | $70k |
| Igate Technologies | 92 | $70k |
| Atos Syntel | 81 | $78k |
Common questions about Test Engineer H-1B pay at Tesla
- How much does Tesla pay a Test Engineer on an H-1B?
- Tesla's median certified H-1B base salary for Test Engineer is $123k in FY2025, from 9 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $114k and $140k. Across all years the median is $124k.
- How many Test Engineer H-1B LCAs has Tesla filed?
- Tesla has 111 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Test Engineer on record (FY2017–FY2026), 45 of them in FY2026. That is 1% of its 13,893 certified filings across all titles.
- Does Tesla pay Test Engineers above the market?
- Tesla's all-years median of $124k is 61% above the $77k median for Test Engineer across all H-1B employers (7,916 certified filings).
- Where does Tesla hire H-1B Test Engineers?
- Tesla's Test Engineer LCAs name worksites mostly in California, Nevada, Texas; the top cities are Palo Alto, CA, Fremont, CA, Lathrop, CA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →