Rivian H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Automotive · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Irvine, CA HQ📍 Palo Alto, CA most H-1B filings🌐 rivian.com
Does Rivian sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Rivian has filed 4,670 H-1B LCAs and 881 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Rivian filed 1,543 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $157,200, about 29% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 418 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) | 738 | $149k |
| FY2025 | 805 | $163k |
| FY2024 | 753 | $153k |
| FY2023 | 695 | $148k |
| FY2022 | 572 | $145k |
| FY2021 | 667 | $140k |
| FY2020 | 294 | $130k |
| FY2019 | 81 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 47 | $115k |
| FY2017 | 18 | $128k |
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) | 100 | $129k |
| FY2025 | 318 | $148k |
| FY2024 | 164 | $141k |
| FY2023 | 199 | $153k |
| FY2022 | 73 | $131k |
| FY2021 | 14 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $116k |
| FY2018 | 3 | $101k |
| FY2017 | 4 | $107k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 835
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 1,025
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Processes or means101
Pay against the local market
Rivian’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 119% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Rivian pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 900 | $144,137 | $108,101 | 133% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 708 | $185,940 | $190,384 | 98% |
| Industrial Engineers | Bloomington, IL | 429 | $105,973 | $97,418 | 109% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 273 | $119,430 | $98,064 | 122% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 231 | $168,314 | $139,551 | 121% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Bloomington, IL | 226 | $110,861 | $91,314 | 121% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 187 | $179,106 | $180,061 | 99% |
| Electrical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 137 | $157,657 | $130,700 | 121% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 130 | $168,747 | $146,100 | 116% |
| Industrial Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 125 | $145,772 | $105,959 | 138% |
About Rivian
Rivian is an automotive company based in Detroit. It was founded in 2009. It is listed on Nasdaq as RIVN.
- Legal name
- Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE
- Listed
- Nasdaq: RIVN
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 14600 Myford Road, Irvine, CA 92618
- Industry
- Automotive
- Employees (global)
- 15,232 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4B +8% from $5.0B
- Net income FY2025
- $-3.6B +23% from $-4.7B
- R&D FY2025
- $1.7B (31% of revenue)
Spends 31% of revenue on R&D, against a 7% median across the 9 Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies filers we hold SEC data for.
Rivian pays a median H-1B base of $148,218 across FY2017–2026, about 50% above the typical Automotive sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Rivian | 4,670 | 1,543 | $157k | 484 | 61% |
| Lucid Motors | 3,185 | 1,112 | $143k | 414 | 75% |
| Honeywell | 3,111 | 580 | $145k | 202 | 74% |
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