Faraday Future H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Autonomous vehicles · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Faraday Future sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Faraday Future has filed 673 H-1B LCAs and 112 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Faraday Future filed 43 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $119,704, about 2% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 6 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) | 16 | $141k |
| FY2025 | 27 | $116k |
| FY2024 | 48 | $119k |
| FY2023 | 91 | $113k |
| FY2022 | 58 | $109k |
| FY2021 | 35 | $122k |
| FY2020 | 65 | $92k |
| FY2019 | 157 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 98 | $120k |
| FY2017 | 78 | $110k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6 | $120k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $131k |
| FY2023 | 6 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 8 | $117k |
| FY2021 | 9 | $123k |
| FY2020 | 4 | $102k |
| FY2019 | 14 | $129k |
| FY2018 | 39 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 22 | $119k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 281
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 336
- applications
- Most recent grant
- July 23, 2024
- Top area
- Propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles28
Pay against the local market
Faraday Future’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 107% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Faraday Future pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 234 | $112,236 | $101,888 | 110% |
| Electrical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 50 | $112,331 | $123,854 | 91% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 45 | $120,161 | $127,867 | 94% |
| Industrial Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 36 | $96,480 | $103,108 | 94% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 36 | $115,309 | $94,531 | 122% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 33 | $169,761 | $173,629 | 98% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 25 | $139,357 | $145,144 | 96% |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | Los Angeles, CA | 22 | $126,986 | $74,864 | 170% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 18 | $89,870 | $92,234 | 97% |
| Engineers, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 18 | $104,293 | $107,757 | 97% |
About Faraday Future
Faraday Future is an autonomous vehicles company based in Gardena, CA. It was founded in 2014 and has about 597 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as FFAI.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Faraday Future
- Listed
- Nasdaq: FFAI
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 654 Madison Avenue, Suite 1009, New York, NY 10065
- Industry
- Autonomous vehicles
- Employees (global)
- 597 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $1M -1% from $1M
- Net income FY2025
- $-391M -10% from $-356M
- R&D FY2025
- $17M (3098% of revenue)
Spends 3098% of revenue on R&D, against a 7% median across the 9 Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies filers we hold SEC data for.
Faraday Future pays a median H-1B base of $111,842 across FY2017–2026, about 20% below the typical Autonomous vehicles sponsor.
