General Motors H-1B salaries
General Motors filed 2,124 certified H-1B applications between Mar 2023 and Jun 2026. Half of them paid more than $133,993 a year. The typical offer was 16% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.
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- Median salary offered
- $133,993
- Middle half earn
- $120,000 to $152,322
- Top 10% earn over
- $181,873
- Certified filings
- 2,124
Every filing
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Pay by job title
| Senior Software Engineer | 221 | $146,417 | −1% |
| Software Engineer | 98 | $119,922 | −13% |
| Design Release Engineer | 68 | $124,992 | +14% |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 46 | $140,354 | +10% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 27 | $220,000 | +21% |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 27 | $136,180 | +14% |
| Senior Design Release Engineer | 22 | $129,726 | – |
| Controller Integration Engineer | 19 | $110,608 | – |
| Senior Researcher | 16 | $135,881 | −1% |
| Manufacturing Controls Engineer | 14 | $127,300 | −2% |
| Senior Hardware Engineer | 13 | $138,719 | +8% |
| Treasury Associate | 12 | $129,375 | – |
| Controls Design Engineer | 12 | $109,338 | – |
| Senior Controller Integration Engineer | 12 | $138,840 | – |
| Controls System Engineer | 11 | $122,021 | +14% |
| Senior Product Manager | 11 | $138,586 | −17% |
| Software Engineering | 11 | $138,796 | −18% |
| Simulation Integration Engineer | 10 | $107,554 | – |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 10 | $127,673 | +39% |
| Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce | 9 | $160,000 | +7% |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineer | 9 | $111,713 | +19% |
| Senior Embedded Software Engineer | 9 | $160,000 | +11% |
| Quality Engineer | 9 | $112,000 | +22% |
| Process Controls Engineer | 9 | $111,384 | 0% |
| Senior Calibration Engineer | 9 | $124,384 | +1% |
| Virtual Propulsion Engineer | 9 | $125,000 | – |
| Software Test Engineer | 9 | $128,547 | +43% |
| Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Scientist | 8 | $187,500 | – |
| Cost Engineer | 8 | $122,180 | +44% |
| Senior Software Engineer SRE | 8 | $151,373 | – |
| Staff Systems Engineer | 8 | $164,590 | +6% |
| Senior Process Engineer | 8 | $129,613 | +9% |
| Senior Process Controls Engineer | 7 | $138,278 | – |
| Senior Data Engineer | 7 | $140,556 | +2% |
| Senior Controls Engineer | 7 | $130,000 | +4% |
| Senior Software Test Engineer | 7 | $135,000 | +14% |
| Systems Engineer | 7 | $118,534 | +27% |
| CAE Engineer | 6 | $123,508 | +29% |
| CAE Body Structure Engineer | 6 | $120,804 | – |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 6 | $124,900 | −10% |
| Senior Controls Design Engineer | 6 | $140,000 | – |
| Safety Performance Integration Engineer | 6 | $117,918 | – |
| Software Developer | 5 | $122,604 | +18% |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | 5 | $125,628 | 0% |
| Software Design Release Engineer | 5 | $122,271 | – |
| Sub-System Lead Engineer | 5 | $150,000 | – |
| Senior Vehicle Systems Engineer | 5 | $142,649 | – |
| Software Engineer - Electrification | 5 | $135,000 | – |
| Seat VDDV (CAE) Engineer | 5 | $121,722 | – |
| Researcher | 5 | $119,548 | +42% |
Where they work
| Warren, MI | 1,171 | $130,000 |
| Milford, MI | 483 | $132,397 |
| Mountain View, CA | 94 | $220,000 |
| Austin, TX | 77 | $160,355 |
| Pontiac, MI | 52 | $127,586 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 36 | $225,000 |
| Concord, NC | 21 | $129,578 |
| Roswell, GA | 19 | $150,476 |
| Detroit, MI | 17 | $141,971 |
| Arlington, TX | 8 | $138,496 |
| Pasadena, CA | 7 | $150,000 |
| Spring Hill, TN | 6 | $133,382 |
| Seattle, WA | 6 | $147,435 |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 5 | $137,138 |
| Chicago, IL | 5 | $122,604 |
| Chandler, AZ | 5 | $143,416 |
| Fremont, CA | 3 | $183,213 |
| Cumming, GA | 3 | $139,919 |
| Flint, MI | 3 | $134,873 |
| Moraine, OH | 3 | $146,568 |
By year
| 2023 | 135 | $117,875 |
| 2024 | 768 | $124,999 |
| 2025 | 762 | $140,000 |
| 2026 | 459 | $149,950 |
By experience level
| Level I | 27 | $102,838 |
| Level II | 491 | $115,853 |
| Level III | 414 | $123,940 |
| Level IV | 1,137 | $143,119 |
Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).