Daily H-1B Decision-Maker Report · #10 by certified FY2026 filings
October 21, 2026 · Public records only

Tesla, Inc.: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer

This is the person who holds the top job at an organization that filed 2,809 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in federal fiscal year 2026 (through June 30, 2026). The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Labor's and USCIS's own public data. Filing H-1B applications is legal; this report shows who is accountable for the organization and what the public record says about its use of the program.

Certified H-1B filings
2,809
Requested positions (ceiling)
3,340
Level I (entry) wage
9.4%
Median offered salary
$150,000
USCIS approvals FY2026
1,574

Who is responsible

Elon Musk
Chief Executive Officer · Chief Executive · Tesla, Inc.
Source: Tesla 2026 DEF 14A (proxy statement for the Dec 3, 2026 annual meeting); states the title (dated October 19, 2026) · checked October 21, 2026
Robyn Denholm
Chair of the Board · Board Chair · Tesla, Inc.
Source: Tesla 2026 DEF 14A (proxy statement for the Dec 3, 2026 annual meeting); states the title (dated October 19, 2026) · checked October 21, 2026

Names and titles are as published in the linked sources on the date checked. Leadership changes; if something here is out of date, tell us in the comments below and we will correct it.

Pay levels on 2,809 certified filings

Level I (entry)
9.4%
245 filings
Level II
55.3%
1,440 filings
Level III
26.9%
699 filings
Level IV (most experienced)
8.4%
219 filings

Percentages are of the 2,603 filings that report a wage level; 206 filings report none. For comparison, 19.4% of all certified FY2026 H-1B filings nationwide are Level I.

What roles they filed for

Occupation (DOL SOC title)FilingsShare
Manufacturing Engineers60621.6%
Software Developers39714.1%
Industrial Engineers31111.1%
Mechanical Engineers2749.8%
Electrical Engineers1103.9%
Data Scientists993.5%
Mechatronics Engineers853.0%
Supply Chain Managers802.8%

Where the work sites are

StateFilingsShare
CA1,71661.1%
TX58420.8%
NV40814.5%
NY592.1%
WA140.5%
UT70.2%

Layoffs and offshoring record

Two public records, shown next to the H-1B data above. Neither one says anything about H-1B workers. They are listed because the same organization appears in all three.

State layoff notices (WARN)

Employers planning a mass layoff or closure must notify the state. We found 41 notices that match this organization's name, covering 6,919 employees in total.

StateNoticesEmployeesSince Oct 1, 2025Latest notice
California404,231—May 13, 2024
Texas12,688—Apr 23, 2024

Largest notices:

Notice dateEmployer as named in the noticePlaceEmployeesState record
May 13, 2024Tesla, Inc.45500 Fremont Blvd Fremont CA 94538164CA agency file
May 13, 2024Tesla, Inc.901 Page Avenue Fremont CA 94538149CA agency file
Apr 23, 2024TeslaAustin2,688TX agency file
Apr 22, 2024Tesla, Inc.45500 Fremont Blvd Fremont CA 945381,452CA agency file
Apr 22, 2024Tesla, Inc.901 Page Avenue Fremont CA 94538403CA agency file
Apr 22, 2024Tesla, Inc.700 D’Arcy Pkwy Lathrop CA 95330284CA agency file
Apr 22, 2024Tesla, Inc.1501 Page Mill Road Palo Alto CA 94304237CA agency file
Apr 22, 2024Tesla, Inc.47700 Kato Road Fremont CA 94538214CA agency file
Apr 22, 2024Tesla, Inc.3500 Deer Creek Road Palo Alto CA 94304155CA agency file
Jun 29, 2022Tesla, Inc.3055 Clearview Way San Mateo CA 94402229CA agency file

A WARN notice reports a planned layoff or closure at a site. It does not say who was laid off, why, or that anyone held a visa. These come only from the state agencies' own lists, for Texas (from January 2023), California (from July 2022), New Jersey (from January 2023), Washington (searched by employer name). Other states are not included, so a total here is a floor, and an absence of notices means nothing. Each state's notice covers workers at that state's own sites, so one round of layoffs can appear in several states' lists on the same date. This page adds up the notices as filed and does not treat them as a single event.

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Ceiling
"Requested positions" is the number of workers the employer listed on its applications. It is a ceiling the employer asks for on a filing, not a count of people hired.
Legal
Filing H-1B applications is lawful. Nothing on this page alleges wrongdoing. DOL's file flags none of these filings as "willful violator."
Layoffs
The layoff and offshoring records are matched to this organization by name and were each confirmed by a person. State WARN notices and DOL certifications describe job losses at the organization; they do not identify who lost a job, and they do not say that H-1B workers were involved. Putting them on the same page is not a claim that one caused the other.
Data
Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification LCA disclosure file for FY2026 (cumulative through June 30, 2026), limited to H-1B, certified filings; USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2026. Employers are matched by federal tax ID; the Hub publishes only the last four digits plus a name, so its figure is matched on both and may be incomplete. Page generated October 21, 2026.
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