Automotive Engineers
SOC Code: 17-2141.02
The DOL disclosure extract lists 3,163 H-1B LCA filings for Automotive Engineers from 421 employer filers, with a 97.6% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $117,559. The highest-volume worksite state is MI with 1,635 filings. The highest-volume filer is Ford Motor Company. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Automotive Engineers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2141.02, the extract lists 3,163 Labor Condition Application filings from 421 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.6% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Automotive Engineers ranks #78 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 7% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Automotive Engineers. The highest-volume employer filer is Ford Motor Company with 385 filings at an average listed offered wage of $118,620, followed by Lucid USA, Inc., General Motors, LER TechForce, LLC. Geographically, MI leads with 1,635 filings (average listed wage $108,847), followed by CA, IN, OH. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Automotive Engineers
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Ford Motor Company | 385 | $118,620 |
| Lucid USA, Inc. | 234 | $142,151 |
| General Motors | 214 | $133,921 |
| LER TechForce, LLC | 175 | $100,141 |
| Fca US LLC | 89 | $121,454 |
| Akkodis, INC. | 72 | $96,754 |
| Tesla, INC. | 65 | $162,289 |
| Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. | 63 | $134,007 |
| BorgWarner PDS (USA) Inc. | 52 | $101,910 |
| Rivian Automotive, LLC | 52 | $152,058 |
| Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC | 50 | $94,603 |
| Faraday & Future Inc. | 44 | $113,738 |
| Kyyba, Inc. | 41 | $94,205 |
| General Motors Company | 40 | $114,216 |
| HL Mando America Corporation | 35 | $110,250 |
| Priamba Soft LLC | 35 | $89,795 |
| Harbinger Motors Inc. | 34 | $130,244 |
| KPIT Technologies, Inc. | 34 | $106,368 |
| Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC | 32 | $104,026 |
| Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. | 28 | $102,466 |
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