Tenneco H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Automotive · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Grass Lake, MI HQ🌐 tenneco.com
Does Tenneco sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Tenneco has filed 278 H-1B LCAs and 46 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Tenneco filed 24 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $110,000, about 10% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 3 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) | 5 | $126k |
| FY2025 | 19 | $98k |
| FY2024 | 17 | $120k |
| FY2023 | 12 | $105k |
| FY2022 | 14 | $107k |
| FY2021 | 16 | $102k |
| FY2020 | 60 | $82k |
| FY2019 | 42 | $89k |
| FY2018 | 53 | $85k |
| FY2017 | 40 | $80k |
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) | 1 | $103k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $116k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $125k |
| FY2023 | 3 | $101k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $131k |
| FY2021 | 6 | $104k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $105k |
| FY2019 | 9 | $100k |
| FY2018 | 10 | $88k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $87k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 244
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 42
- applications
- Most recent grant
- January 6, 2026
- Top area
- Gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines76
Pay against the local market
Tenneco’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 105% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Tenneco pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | Jackson, MI | 83 | $87,668 | $82,713 | 106% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Monroe, MI | 29 | $78,530 | $81,375 | 97% |
| Industrial Engineers | Jackson, MI | 11 | $97,875 | $85,267 | 115% |
| Industrial Engineers | Battle Creek, MI | 10 | $87,858 | $88,214 | 100% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Jackson, MI | 8 | $121,598 | $128,750 | 94% |
| Industrial Engineers | Lincoln, NE | 7 | $106,957 | $81,063 | 132% |
| Information Security Analysts | Chicago, IL | 7 | $99,219 | $105,479 | 94% |
| Software Developers | Chicago, IL | 7 | $111,651 | $105,339 | 106% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Chicago, IL | 6 | $130,822 | $146,483 | 89% |
| Engineers, All Other | Jackson, MI | 6 | $80,465 | $82,990 | 97% |
About Tenneco
Tenneco is an automotive company based in Lake Forest. It was founded in 1930 and has about 21,000 employees worldwide. It was formerly listed on New York Stock Exchange as TEN.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Tenneco
- Formerly listed
- New York Stock Exchange: TEN
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 7450 N. Mccormick Blvd., Skokie, IL 60076
- Industry
- Automotive
- Employees (US, est)
- 12,335 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 278
- Median base
- $89,111
- Founded
- 1930
Spends 2% of revenue on R&D, against a 4% median across the 21 Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories filers we hold SEC data for.
Tenneco pays a median H-1B base of $89,111 across FY2017–2026, about 10% below the typical Automotive sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veoneer | 388 | 39 | $116k | 10 | 21% |
| Faurecia | 380 | 55 | $110k | 25 | 22% |
| Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems | 377 | 50 | $119k | 7 | 79% |
| Tenneco | 278 | 24 | $110k | 11 | 77% |
| Autoliv | 274 | 25 | $121k | 5 | 56% |
| Brose | 266 | 44 | $104k | 19 | 30% |
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