Visa Wage Index

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

FORD MOTOR COMPANY made 674 filings covering 674 positions in this release. Across them it filed wages of a median of $129,709 a year.

Green-card sponsorship

FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed 129 permanent labour certifications between 2025-11-13 and 2026-06-18, of which 129 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.

What it filed, by role and place

OccupationWhereLevelWage yearFilings PositionsMedianPrevailing
Software Developers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 73 73 $138,486 $138,486
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 46 46 $125,362 $125,362
Software Developers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 36 36 $120,349 $120,349
Software Developers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 35 35 $111,758 $102,190
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 24 24 $99,100 $93,642
Data Scientists Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 18 18 $128,710 $128,710
Information Technology Project Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 17 17 $128,877 $128,877
Mechanical Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 16 16 $163,080 $142,355
Data Scientists Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 15 15 $107,848 $107,848
Electrical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 15 15 $127,379 $127,379
Manufacturing Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 15 15 $123,157 $123,157
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 15 15 $113,580 $109,512
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 14 14 $120,411 $120,411
Mechanical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 12 12 $96,860 $77,792
Mechanical Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level II 2025-26 10 10 $115,800 $98,987
Information Technology Project Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 9 9 $106,538 $106,538
Manufacturing Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 8 8 $92,144 $92,144
Electrical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 7 7 $97,140 $95,930
Manufacturing Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 7 7 $107,661 $107,661
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 7 7 $201,053 $201,053
Information Technology Project Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 6 6 $91,660 $84,198
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 5 5 $133,557 $133,557
Mechanical Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 5 5 $158,995 $158,995
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 5 5 $102,981 $102,981
Architectural and Engineering Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 4 4 $188,614 $188,614
Data Scientists Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 4 4 $112,680 $66,102
Database Architects Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 4 4 $140,629 $140,629
Software Developers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 4 4 $84,053 $84,053
Automotive Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $185,869 $185,869
Computer and Information Systems Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $193,149 $193,149
Data Scientists Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 3 3 $97,140 $86,965
Electrical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 3 3 $113,580 $80,205
Electrical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 3 3 $111,654 $111,654
Electrical Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $162,011 $162,011
Mechanical Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level III 2025-26 3 3 $146,520 $120,661
Software Developers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level III 2025-26 3 3 $134,971 $134,971
Software Developers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $156,998 $156,998
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 3 3 $96,720 $85,571
Validation Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $140,774 $140,774
Architectural and Engineering Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 2 2 $185,898 $166,795
Computer Network Architects Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 2 2 $110,093 $107,266
Computer Network Architects Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $147,597 $147,597
Computer and Information Systems Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 2 2 $168,418 $166,213
Electrical Engineers Cleveland, OH Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $119,330 $119,330
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $119,662 $119,662
Industrial Production Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 2 2 $125,622 $125,341
Information Technology Project Managers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level II 2025-26 2 2 $107,162 $92,581
Mechatronics Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $130,968 $130,250
Operations Research Analysts Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 2 2 $82,326 $82,326
Software Developers Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level III 2025-26 2 2 $133,536 $133,536
Software Developers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level II 2025-26 2 2 $112,923 $112,923
Software Developers Raleigh-Cary, NC Level III 2025-26 2 2 $135,408 $135,408
Software Developers Raleigh-Cary, NC Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $157,248 $157,248
Software Developers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $268,472 $264,514
Supply Chain Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 2 2 $130,166 $130,166
Architectural and Engineering Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $144,955 $144,955
Architectural and Engineering Managers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $218,442 $218,442
Architectural and Engineering Managers Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $195,811 $195,811
Automotive Engineers Ann Arbor, MI Level I 2025-26 1 1 $88,500 $79,373
Automotive Engineers Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level III 2025-26 1 1 $112,680 $106,870
Automotive Engineers Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $125,362 $123,635
Automotive Engineers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $150,000 $131,518
Automotive Engineers Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $117,624 $117,624
Automotive Engineers New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $139,818 $139,818
Automotive Engineers Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $124,426 $124,426
Automotive Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $126,131 $126,131
Automotive Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $150,654 $150,654
Chemical Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $113,580 $99,112
Civil Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $112,680 $108,514
Commercial and Industrial Designers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $76,752 $76,752
Commercial and Industrial Designers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $91,707 $91,707
Computer Occupations, All Other Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 1 1 $109,200 $61,859
Computer Systems Analysts Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $105,810 $105,810
Computer Systems Analysts Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $121,784 $121,784
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $140,795 $140,795
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $135,699 $135,699
Computer and Information Research Scientists Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $153,005 $153,005
Computer and Information Research Scientists Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Level II 2025-26 1 1 $154,731 $154,731
Computer and Information Systems Managers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $209,394 $209,394
Computer and Information Systems Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $139,277 $139,277
Data Scientists Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 1 1 $115,000 $100,339
Data Scientists Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level III 2025-26 1 1 $137,946 $137,946
Data Scientists Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level III 2025-26 1 1 $129,854 $129,854
Data Scientists Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level III 2025-26 1 1 $119,558 $119,558
Data Scientists Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level III 2025-26 1 1 $118,893 $118,893
Data Scientists New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level I 2025-26 1 1 $100,000 $79,456
Data Scientists Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $129,709 $129,709
Data Scientists Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level II 2025-26 1 1 $115,939 $115,939
Database Administrators Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $84,480 $82,909
Electrical Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $138,800 $136,552
Electrical Engineers San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $138,800 $136,989
Electrical Engineers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $159,890 $159,890
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $113,580 $105,872
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $120,000 $119,704
General and Operations Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $243,500 $172,474
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Columbus, GA-AL Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $133,100 $104,894
Industrial Production Managers Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $106,475 $106,475
Industrial Production Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $179,171 $146,307
Information Security Analysts Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 1 1 $128,211 $128,211
Information Security Analysts Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $91,832 $91,832
Information Security Analysts Lansing-East Lansing, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $112,920 $84,032
Information Security Engineers Ann Arbor, MI Level II 2025-26 1 1 $99,600 $88,421
Information Security Engineers Ann Arbor, MI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $110,282 $110,282
Information Security Engineers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $149,240 $149,240
Information Security Engineers Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $128,149 $128,149
Information Technology Project Managers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $141,700 $140,733
Information Technology Project Managers Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $145,770 $118,331
Information Technology Project Managers Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $139,298 $139,298
Manufacturing Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 1 1 $84,480 $76,648
Materials Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $101,421 $101,421
Materials Scientists Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $131,269 $131,269
Mechanical Engineers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $140,587 $140,587
Mechanical Engineers Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Level I 2025-26 1 1 $84,480 $72,259
Software Developers Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 1 1 $114,754 $114,754
Software Developers Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $178,131 $178,131
Software Developers Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $154,669 $154,669
Software Developers Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level I 2025-26 1 1 $129,840 $85,467
Software Developers Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level III 2025-26 1 1 $130,707 $130,707
Software Developers Corvallis, OR Level III 2025-26 1 1 $119,600 $119,600
Software Developers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $157,123 $157,123
Software Developers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $184,558 $184,558
Software Developers Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Level II 2025-26 1 1 $110,947 $110,947
Software Developers Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $125,798 $125,798
Software Developers Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Level I 2025-26 1 1 $99,600 $84,531
Software Developers New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level II 2025-26 1 1 $131,997 $131,997
Software Developers Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $165,214 $165,214
Software Developers Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $160,000 $149,115
Software Developers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $187,574 $187,574
Software Developers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $213,512 $213,512
Software Developers Santa Fe, NM Level II 2025-26 1 1 $97,822 $97,822
Software Developers Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $149,240 $149,240
Software Developers St. Louis, MO-IL Level III 2025-26 1 1 $152,040 $118,706
Software Developers Stockton-Lodi, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $8,099,000 $155,750
Software Developers Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $145,642 $145,642
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level I 2025-26 1 1 $113,490 $68,141
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $131,130 $85,051
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $132,912 $132,912
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $86,600 $86,466
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $165,422 $165,422
Supply Chain Managers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $219,024 $219,024
Validation Engineers Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level II 2025-26 1 1 $96,720 $87,610
Validation Engineers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $120,494 $120,494
Web and Digital Interface Designers Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $110,906 $110,906
Software Developers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 16 16 $121,156 $122,022
Software Developers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 11 11 $181,229 $174,720
Computer and Information Systems Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 8 8 $160,927 $162,138
Architectural and Engineering Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 4 4 $155,259 $158,444
Information Technology Project Managers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 4 4 $126,230 $123,616
Software Developers Boulder, CO Level not stated 4 4 $171,270 $169,707
Software Developers New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level not stated 4 4 $143,887 $141,304
Software Developers Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level not stated 4 4 $144,247 $144,247
Computer Systems Analysts Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 3 3 $113,463 $113,463
Data Scientists New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level not stated 3 3 $154,667 $154,667
Software Developers Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level not stated 3 3 $135,482 $135,482
Architectural and Engineering Managers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level not stated 2 2 $145,975 $145,975
Manufacturing Engineers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 2 2 $90,954 $90,954
Software Developers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 2 2 $168,708 $168,708
Software Developers Trenton-Princeton, NJ Level not stated 2 2 $139,740 $139,740
Business Intelligence Analysts Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 1 1 $121,745 $121,745
Commercial and Industrial Designers San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 1 1 $142,521 $142,521
Computer and Information Systems Managers Columbus, OH Level not stated 1 1 $161,023 $161,023
Computer and Information Systems Managers Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Level not stated 1 1 $181,229 $181,229
Data Scientists Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level not stated 1 1 $124,987 $124,987
Data Scientists Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level not stated 1 1 $131,310 $131,310
Database Architects Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level not stated 1 1 $112,743 $112,743
Industrial Production Managers Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Level not stated 1 1 $108,988 $108,988
Information Security Engineers Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level not stated 1 1 $132,901 $132,901
Mechanical Engineers Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area Level not stated 1 1 $120,642 $120,642
Software Developers Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Level not stated 1 1 $132,810 $132,728
Software Developers Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Level not stated 1 1 $112,509 $112,509
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Level not stated 1 1 $107,106 $107,106

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