TuSimple H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Autonomous vehicles · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 San Diego, CA HQ🌐 tusimple.com
Does TuSimple sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. TuSimple has filed 728 H-1B LCAs and 102 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025 TuSimple filed 1 H-1B LCA at a median base salary of $80,912. 4 green-card cases were decided in FY2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | $81k |
| FY2024 | 36 | $101k |
| FY2023 | 204 | $103k |
| FY2022 | 157 | $101k |
| FY2021 | 125 | $99k |
| FY2020 | 61 | $97k |
| FY2019 | 70 | $126k |
| FY2018 | 52 | $108k |
| FY2017 | 22 | $108k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 4 | $140k |
| FY2023 | 29 | $101k |
| FY2022 | 24 | $99k |
| FY2021 | 31 | $97k |
| FY2020 | 14 | $96k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 370
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 551
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type92
Pay against the local market
TuSimple’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros, FY2017–FY2025. Its median base salary is 82% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | TuSimple pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Diego, CA | 272 | $104,708 | $135,745 | 77% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Diego, CA | 145 | $109,795 | $134,300 | 82% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Tucson, AZ | 38 | $84,816 | $99,639 | 85% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Diego, CA | 37 | $83,285 | $102,850 | 81% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Diego, CA | 29 | $87,590 | $111,533 | 79% |
| Software Developers | Tucson, AZ | 25 | $92,791 | $105,466 | 88% |
| Electrical Engineers | Tucson, AZ | 22 | $76,330 | $103,365 | 74% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | San Diego, CA | 13 | $142,115 | $168,910 | 84% |
| Lawyers | San Diego, CA | 12 | $115,855 | $125,088 | 93% |
| Engineers, All Other | San Diego, CA | 11 | $104,801 | $111,850 | 94% |
About TuSimple
- Legal name
- TuSimple Holdings Inc.
- Listed
- : TSPH
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 9191 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92122
- Industry
- Autonomous vehicles
- Employees (US, est)
- 8 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 728
- Median base
- $101,109
- Website
- tusimple.com
Spends 3753% of revenue on R&D, against a 13% median across the 22 Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design filers we hold SEC data for.
TuSimple pays a median H-1B base of $101,109 across FY2017–2026, about 30% below the typical Autonomous vehicles sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to TuSimple
| 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% |
| TuSimple | 728 | 1 | $81k | 0 | — |
| Aurora Innovation | 705 | 215 | $162k | 54 | 56% |
| Faraday Future | 673 | 43 | $120k | 13 | 50% |
| Motional | 575 | 101 | $179k | 30 | 72% |
