Ford H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Automotive · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Dearborn, MI HQ🌐 ford.com
Does Ford sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Ford has filed 6,244 H-1B LCAs and 687 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Ford filed 1,737 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $129,334, about 6% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 138 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) | 707 | $127k |
| FY2025 | 1,030 | $131k |
| FY2024 | 865 | $117k |
| FY2023 | 687 | $106k |
| FY2022 | 1,017 | $98k |
| FY2021 | 653 | $93k |
| FY2020 | 373 | $86k |
| FY2019 | 385 | $83k |
| FY2018 | 238 | $81k |
| FY2017 | 289 | $79k |
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) | 129 | $90k |
| FY2025 | 9 | $132k |
| FY2023 | 91 | $101k |
| FY2022 | 84 | $109k |
| FY2021 | 228 | $107k |
| FY2020 | 14 | $109k |
| FY2019 | 38 | $99k |
| FY2018 | 61 | $99k |
| FY2017 | 33 | $88k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 36,363
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 24,357
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Vehicles2,854
Pay against the local market
Ford’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 99% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Ford pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Detroit, MI | 1,895 | $108,406 | $109,780 | 99% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 1,032 | $98,932 | $99,833 | 99% |
| Electrical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 427 | $97,423 | $99,502 | 98% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Detroit, MI | 357 | $102,199 | $98,314 | 104% |
| Industrial Engineers | Detroit, MI | 151 | $100,678 | $98,873 | 102% |
| Data Scientists | Detroit, MI | 146 | $109,405 | $102,049 | 107% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 101 | $141,277 | $177,473 | 80% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Detroit, MI | 96 | $107,905 | $99,260 | 109% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Detroit, MI | 90 | $147,252 | $159,346 | 92% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 90 | $120,264 | $128,079 | 94% |
About Ford
Ford is an automotive company based in Dearborn, MI. It was founded in 1903 and has about 164,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as F.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Ford
- Listed
- NYSE: F
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- One American Road, Dearborn, MI 48126
- Industry
- Automotive
- Employees (US, est)
- 59,199 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $187.3B +1% from $185.0B
- Net income FY2025
- $-8.2B -238% from $5.9B
- R&D FY2025
- $9.4B (5% of revenue)
Ford pays a median H-1B base of $106,859 across FY2017–2026, about 8% above the typical Automotive sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Ford
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla | 15,464 | 5,676 | $151k | 2,204 | 45% |
| Cummins | 9,140 | 1,771 | $98k | 491 | 62% |
| General Motors | 6,674 | 1,597 | $140k | 272 | 79% |
| Ford | 6,244 | 1,737 | $129k | 237 | 66% |
| Siemens | 4,687 | 1,273 | $136k | 564 | 56% |
| Rivian | 4,670 | 1,543 | $157k | 484 | 61% |
| Lucid Motors | 3,185 | 1,112 | $143k | 414 | 75% |
