BorgWarner H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Automotive · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Auburn Hills, MI HQ🌐 borgwarner.com
Does BorgWarner sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. BorgWarner has filed 676 H-1B LCAs and 109 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 BorgWarner filed 145 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $115,200, about 6% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 46 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 55 | $117k |
| FY2025 | 90 | $114k |
| FY2024 | 65 | $100k |
| FY2023 | 137 | $101k |
| FY2022 | 147 | $110k |
| FY2021 | 57 | $105k |
| FY2020 | 22 | $109k |
| FY2019 | 44 | $90k |
| FY2018 | 40 | $93k |
| FY2017 | 19 | $94k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
- 1Senior Software Engineer37$110k
- 2Sr. Software Engineer18$114k
- 3Systems Development Lead15$117k
- 4Sr. Electrification Controls Engineer13$113k
- 5Sr. Systems Integration Engineer13$104k
- 6Software Engineer11$88k
- 7Sr. Systems Test Engineer11$95k
- 8Electrification Controls Engineer10$91k
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 6 | $96k |
| FY2025 | 40 | $113k |
| FY2024 | 6 | $101k |
| FY2023 | 7 | $107k |
| FY2022 | 7 | $113k |
| FY2021 | 8 | $107k |
| FY2020 | 10 | $103k |
| FY2019 | 16 | $103k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $92k |
| FY2017 | 5 | $92k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2,006
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 2,035
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Couplings for transmitting rotation; clutches; brakes314
Pay against the local market
BorgWarner’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 105% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | BorgWarner pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Detroit, MI | 104 | $115,702 | $106,814 | 108% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 86 | $103,919 | $99,032 | 105% |
| Electrical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 45 | $114,317 | $101,410 | 113% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Kokomo, IN | 42 | $100,936 | $101,376 | 100% |
| Electrical Engineers | Kokomo, IN | 37 | $100,383 | $100,266 | 100% |
| Software Developers | Kokomo, IN | 33 | $101,139 | $120,313 | 84% |
| Industrial Engineers | Kokomo, IN | 29 | $96,486 | $91,381 | 106% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Indianapolis, IN | 24 | $99,478 | $89,476 | 111% |
| Electrical Engineers | Indianapolis, IN | 24 | $101,339 | $99,282 | 102% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Detroit, MI | 16 | $142,901 | $142,357 | 100% |
About BorgWarner
BorgWarner is an automotive company based in Auburn Hills, MI. It was founded in 1880 and has about 49,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as BWA.
- Name (DOL filings)
- BorgWarner
- Listed
- NYSE: BWA
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 3850 Hamlin Rd., Auburn Hills, MI 48326
- Industry
- Automotive
- Founded
- 1880
- Revenue FY2025
- $14.3B +2% from $14.1B
- Net income FY2025
- $277M -18% from $338M
- R&D FY2025
- $710M (5% of revenue)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Motors | 6,674 | 1,597 | $140k | 272 | 79% |
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| BorgWarner | 676 | 145 | $115k | 16 | 73% |
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| Schaeffler | 613 | 126 | $105k | 39 | 63% |
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