Robotics Engineers
SOC Code: 17-2199.08
The DOL disclosure extract lists 2,375 H-1B LCA filings for Robotics Engineers from 625 employer filers, with a 96.8% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $139,945. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 1,004 filings. The highest-volume filer is Waymo LLC. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Robotics Engineers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2199.08, the extract lists 2,375 Labor Condition Application filings from 625 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 96.8% 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, Robotics Engineers ranks #92 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 8% 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 Robotics Engineers. The highest-volume employer filer is Waymo LLC with 54 filings at an average listed offered wage of $192,093, followed by Boston Dynamics, Inc., TORC Robotics, Inc., Tesla, INC.. Geographically, CA leads with 1,004 filings (average listed wage $165,890), followed by MA, TX, MI. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Robotics Engineers
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Waymo LLC | 54 | $192,093 |
| Boston Dynamics, Inc. | 52 | $176,004 |
| TORC Robotics, Inc. | 50 | $178,476 |
| Tesla, INC. | 41 | $203,857 |
| Aurora Operations, INC. | 40 | $162,215 |
| California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 36 | $155,966 |
| Cruise LLC | 35 | $194,181 |
| Boston Dynamics AI Institute LLC | 33 | $180,188 |
| Didi Research America, LLC | 33 | $144,983 |
| Intrinsic Innovation LLC | 33 | $174,931 |
| Symbotic LLC | 33 | $129,685 |
| Motional AD Inc. | 31 | $183,136 |
| Zoox Inc. | 30 | $182,838 |
| Berkshire Grey INC. | 29 | $144,452 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 29 | $98,357 |
| Aurora Innovation, INC. | 28 | $171,806 |
| Apptronik, INC. | 25 | $139,297 |
| Path Robotics INC. | 24 | $121,748 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 23 | $154,625 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 22 | $187,640 |
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