Tesla, Inc.: Validation Engineers
Tesla, Inc. made 1,035 filings for this role, covering 1,162 positions, and across them committed to pay at least a median of $127,528 a year. 1035 of the 1035 state a minimum and no maximum, so that median is a median of floors.
By place and level
| Where | Level | Wage year | Filings | Positions | Lowest | Median | Highest | Prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno, NV | Level II | 2025-26 | 167 | 201 | $96,221 | $112,350 | $184,209 | $96,221 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 141 | 141 | $90,563 | $125,536 | $282,558 | $90,563 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 113 | 113 | $117,458 | $145,000 | $256,664 | $117,458 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level III | 2025-26 | 71 | 71 | $115,000 | $135,465 | $238,613 | $111,717 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level III | 2025-26 | 57 | 57 | $142,000 | $166,000 | $226,616 | $140,254 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 52 | 52 | $120,316 | $148,219 | $285,195 | $120,182 |
| Reno, NV | Level I | 2025-26 | 50 | 61 | $83,949 | $92,350 | $112,760 | $83,949 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 42 | 42 | $97,800 | $126,201 | $164,320 | $91,333 |
| Reno, NV | Level III | 2025-26 | 39 | 78 | $108,472 | $127,533 | $177,693 | $108,472 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level III | 2025-26 | 32 | 32 | $145,800 | $177,500 | $218,148 | $145,205 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level I | 2025-26 | 24 | 24 | $95,000 | $110,373 | $125,000 | $94,682 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 22 | 22 | $89,000 | $110,000 | $136,710 | $88,774 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 21 | 21 | $99,225 | $129,500 | $175,834 | $97,635 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level IV | 2025-26 | 18 | 18 | $163,030 | $183,825 | $245,700 | $163,030 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level I | 2025-26 | 17 | 17 | $85,000 | $95,000 | $130,000 | $69,389 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level IV | 2025-26 | 15 | 15 | $170,898 | $195,000 | $230,000 | $170,248 |
| Reno, NV | Level IV | 2025-26 | 12 | 29 | $120,744 | $129,148 | $181,171 | $120,744 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | Level III | 2025-26 | 10 | 10 | $117,936 | $127,971 | $200,000 | $107,307 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 9 | 9 | $134,508 | $160,813 | $182,477 | $132,891 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | Level III | 2025-26 | 8 | 8 | $126,442 | $133,347 | $186,872 | $121,992 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | Level I | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $80,750 | $84,211 | $93,730 | $74,152 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | Level III | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $112,350 | $142,000 | $146,500 | $103,397 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $115,000 | $130,442 | $182,812 | $97,219 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $100,000 | $103,700 | $121,800 | $95,139 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | Level III | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $135,000 | $135,000 | $158,132 | $121,846 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $96,000 | $97,500 | $99,000 | $75,379 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $123,250 | $123,250 | $123,250 | $87,610 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $176,086 | $176,086 | $176,086 | $116,646 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $162,900 | $162,900 | $162,900 | $146,349 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | $98,488 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $105,000 | $105,000 | $105,000 | $90,126 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | $200,000 | $123,261 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $94,500 | $94,500 | $94,500 | $73,278 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $128,000 | $128,000 | $128,000 | $108,971 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $136,467 | $136,467 | $136,467 | $83,429 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $105,112 | $105,112 | $105,112 | $100,235 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $168,375 | $168,375 | $168,375 | $101,546 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level II | 2024-25 | 8 | 32 | $112,091 | $132,500 | $172,600 | $112,091 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level II | 2024-25 | 8 | 8 | $124,800 | $144,532 | $151,200 | $117,645 |
| Reno, NV | Level II | 2024-25 | 7 | 7 | $89,486 | $98,990 | $132,000 | $86,840 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level III | 2024-25 | 7 | 7 | $143,325 | $184,278 | $240,000 | $142,293 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level II | 2024-25 | 7 | 7 | $87,000 | $97,685 | $148,720 | $82,243 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level III | 2024-25 | 3 | 3 | $140,000 | $142,062 | $159,500 | $133,910 |
| Reno, NV | Level I | 2024-25 | 2 | 4 | $71,781 | $80,891 | $90,000 | $71,781 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | Level I | 2024-25 | 2 | 2 | $90,000 | $93,925 | $97,850 | $62,629 |
| Reno, NV | Level III | 2024-25 | 2 | 2 | $114,038 | $121,535 | $129,033 | $101,878 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level IV | 2024-25 | 2 | 2 | $227,780 | $228,796 | $229,813 | $166,962 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Level II | 2024-25 | 2 | 2 | $110,000 | $120,000 | $130,000 | $102,523 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $90,000 | $90,000 | $73,237 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $147,000 | $147,000 | $147,000 | $92,976 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $110,000 | $110,000 | $110,000 | $88,234 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | Level IV | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $119,570 | $119,570 | $119,570 | $116,334 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $166,022 | $166,022 | $166,022 | $111,966 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level IV | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $185,241 | $185,241 | $185,241 | $155,750 |
| Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $94,000 | $94,000 | $94,000 | $64,251 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $78,017 | $78,017 | $78,017 | $71,760 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $120,000 | $120,000 | $120,000 | $58,864 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $85,000 | $85,000 | $85,000 | $72,738 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $94,147 | $94,147 | $94,147 | $87,963 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Level not stated | — | 18 | 18 | $110,000 | $127,528 | $140,000 | $117,835 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Level not stated | — | 3 | 3 | $100,868 | $114,180 | $114,180 | $100,853 |
| Reno, NV | Level not stated | — | 2 | 2 | $94,500 | $94,500 | $94,500 | $91,455 |
Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.
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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.