Continental H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Automotive · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Auburn Hills, MI HQ🌐 continental-corporation.com
Does Continental sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Continental has filed 814 H-1B LCAs and 368 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Continental filed 123 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $131,672, about 8% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 83 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) | 64 | $131k |
| FY2025 | 59 | $134k |
| FY2024 | 38 | $121k |
| FY2023 | 111 | $122k |
| FY2022 | 91 | $106k |
| FY2021 | 79 | $98k |
| FY2020 | 72 | $103k |
| FY2019 | 94 | $98k |
| FY2018 | 115 | $94k |
| FY2017 | 91 | $92k |
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
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 51 | $139k |
| FY2025 | 32 | $126k |
| FY2024 | 26 | $127k |
| FY2023 | 30 | $104k |
| FY2022 | 29 | $105k |
| FY2021 | 38 | $114k |
| FY2020 | 40 | $102k |
| FY2019 | 30 | $98k |
| FY2018 | 55 | $97k |
| FY2017 | 37 | $99k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 9
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- —
- applications
- Most recent grant
- June 19, 1951
- Top area
- Aeroplanes; helicopters9
Pay against the local market
Continental’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 110% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Continental pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Detroit, MI | 293 | $112,246 | $100,725 | 111% |
| Electrical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 97 | $99,713 | $96,086 | 104% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 62 | $104,124 | $98,657 | 106% |
| Electronics Engineers | Detroit, MI | 36 | $100,001 | $97,888 | 102% |
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 20 | $120,769 | $114,533 | 105% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 17 | $124,594 | $142,566 | 87% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Detroit, MI | 16 | $99,376 | $90,077 | 110% |
| Logisticians | Charlotte, NC | 15 | $71,501 | $66,070 | 108% |
| Industrial Engineers | Detroit, MI | 14 | $99,784 | $95,961 | 104% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Charlotte, NC | 14 | $122,190 | $108,270 | 113% |
About Continental
- Name (DOL filings)
- Continental
- Listed
- —
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Main filing location
- Auburn Hills, MI
- Industry
- Automotive
- Website
- continental-corporation.com
- H-1B filings
- 814
- Median base
- $105,098
- R&D
- —
Continental pays a median H-1B base of $105,098 across FY2017–2026, about 6% above the typical Automotive sponsor.
Files 1 green-card application for every 2.2 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Motors | 6,674 | 1,597 | $140k | 272 | 79% |
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| Continental | 814 | 123 | $132k | 48 | 66% |
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