Valeo H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Automotive · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Troy, MI HQ🌐 valeo.com
Does Valeo sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Valeo has filed 628 H-1B LCAs and 195 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Valeo filed 106 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $126,288, about 4% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 42 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) | 47 | $128k |
| FY2025 | 59 | $124k |
| FY2024 | 50 | $122k |
| FY2023 | 76 | $120k |
| FY2022 | 55 | $100k |
| FY2021 | 63 | $95k |
| FY2020 | 46 | $85k |
| FY2019 | 46 | $78k |
| FY2018 | 95 | $78k |
| FY2017 | 91 | $75k |
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) | 23 | $115k |
| FY2025 | 19 | $112k |
| FY2024 | 31 | $127k |
| FY2023 | 32 | $116k |
| FY2022 | 24 | $116k |
| FY2021 | 23 | $107k |
| FY2020 | 13 | $107k |
| FY2019 | 10 | $104k |
| FY2018 | 10 | $94k |
| FY2017 | 10 | $79k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 36
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 40
- applications
- Most recent grant
- June 13, 2017
- Top area
- Details of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus12
Pay against the local market
Valeo’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 | Valeo pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers | Detroit, MI | 104 | $94,419 | $100,463 | 94% |
| Engineers, All Other | Detroit, MI | 83 | $112,119 | $102,170 | 110% |
| Software Developers | Detroit, MI | 72 | $99,674 | $101,058 | 99% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Detroit, MI | 72 | $97,002 | $97,114 | 100% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | Detroit, MI | 42 | $138,516 | $153,540 | 90% |
| Industrial Engineers | Detroit, MI | 22 | $86,748 | $95,080 | 91% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 19 | $147,780 | $164,203 | 90% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Detroit, MI | 9 | $127,137 | $96,501 | 132% |
| Industrial Engineers | Nashville, TN | 6 | $98,408 | $93,187 | 106% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $141,496 | $127,307 | 111% |
About Valeo
Valeo is an automotive company based in Paris, France. It was founded in 1923. It is listed on Euronext Paris as FR.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Valeo
- Listed
- Euronext Paris: FR
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Industry
- Automotive
- Employees (US, est)
- 3,485 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 628
- Median base
- $98,958
- Founded
- 1923
Files 1 green-card application for every 3 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
H-1B sponsors similar to Valeo
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Valeo | 628 | 106 | $126k | 35 | 52% |
| Schaeffler | 613 | 126 | $105k | 39 | 63% |
| Daimler Truck | 524 | 119 | $128k | 39 | 60% |
| PACCAR | 496 | 152 | $111k | 53 | 33% |
