Pony.ai H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Autonomous vehicles · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Fremont, CA HQ🌐 pony.ai
Does Pony.ai sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Pony.ai has filed 314 H-1B LCAs and 91 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Pony.ai filed 29 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $190,000, about 56% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 13 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) | 12 | $189k |
| FY2025 | 17 | $190k |
| FY2024 | 13 | $150k |
| FY2023 | 32 | $158k |
| FY2022 | 44 | $158k |
| FY2021 | 47 | $165k |
| FY2020 | 24 | $148k |
| FY2019 | 72 | $145k |
| FY2018 | 38 | $150k |
| FY2017 | 15 | $150k |
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) | 5 | $171k |
| FY2025 | 8 | $164k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $135k |
| FY2023 | 8 | $137k |
| FY2022 | 21 | $150k |
| FY2021 | 18 | $132k |
| FY2020 | 18 | $173k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $180k |
| FY2018 | 7 | $150k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Pony.ai’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 108% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Pony.ai pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 207 | $163,196 | $154,225 | 106% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 26 | $155,311 | $126,965 | 122% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 11 | $150,000 | $127,210 | 118% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $122,445 | $123,292 | 99% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $165,250 | $128,023 | 129% |
| Accountants and Auditors | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $100,350 | $98,778 | 102% |
| Management Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 8 | $111,455 | $111,286 | 100% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 5 | $116,000 | $111,638 | 104% |
| Engineers, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $154,000 | $156,140 | 99% |
| Human Resources Specialists | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $96,827 | $91,988 | 105% |
About Pony.ai
Pony.ai is an autonomous vehicles company based in Fremont, CA. It was founded in 2016 and has about 1,300 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as PONY.
- Legal name
- Pony AI Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: PONY
- Incorporated in
- E9
- Headquarters
- 1301 Pearl Development Building 1, Guangzhou, F4, 511458
- Industry
- Autonomous vehicles
- Employees (global)
- 1,669 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $90M +20% from $75M
- Net income FY2025
- $-134M +51% from $-274M
- R&D FY2025
- $217M (242% of revenue)
Spends 242% of revenue on R&D, against a 13% median across the 22 Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design filers we hold SEC data for.
Pony.ai pays a median H-1B base of $150,000 across FY2017–2026, about 7% above the typical Autonomous vehicles sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to Pony.ai
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo | 2,272 | 538 | $205k | 230 | 48% |
| Zoox | 1,828 | 652 | $176k | 199 | 76% |
| Cruise | 1,451 | 113 | $211k | 19 | 89% |
| Pony.ai | 314 | 29 | $190k | 7 | 48% |
| Archer Aviation | 251 | 140 | $189k | 39 | 75% |
| Xmotors.Ai | 238 | 74 | $236k | 31 | 35% |
| WeRide | 231 | 77 | $150k | 47 | 13% |
