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What General Motors certifies it pays.

Base-pay bands from 2,939 certified Department of Labor wage filings across every fiscal year on record, through FY2026. (The /pay index card counts FY2026 alone.) Filed under penalty of perjury — not self-reported.

Related record: General Motors’s full H-1B sponsor file

Base-salary bands by role

Mechanical Engineers

816 filings
p25 · $109Kmedian · $120Kp75 · $131K

Software Engineer

727 filings
p25 · $123Kmedian · $139Kp75 · $155K

Electrical Engineers

680 filings
p25 · $108Kmedian · $118Kp75 · $130K

Software Quality Assurance, Testing and Release

119 filings
p25 · $113Kmedian · $125Kp75 · $143K

Software Developers, Systems Software

99 filings
p25 · $110Kmedian · $120Kp75 · $131K

Validation Engineers

96 filings
p25 · $107Kmedian · $118Kp75 · $127K

Software Developers, Applications

54 filings
p25 · $112Kmedian · $126Kp75 · $135K

Commercial and Industrial Designers

51 filings
p25 · $108Kmedian · $128Kp75 · $149K

Median by state

MI2,517 filings$122K
CA143 filings$190K
TX106 filings$140K
GA41 filings$139K
NC33 filings$124K
AZ13 filings$129K
IL12 filings$118K
IN10 filings$127K

Median by seniority level

Level I · Entry99 filings$100K
Level II · Qualified1,099 filings$112K
Level III · Experienced552 filings$123K
Level IV · Fully competent1,151 filings$139K

OES prevailing-wage levels from the filings — a defensible seniority proxy, not job ladders.

H-1B sponsorship profile

General Motors certifies 2,939 H-1B / E-3 wage filings through FY2026 — filing volume cooling. Below, how those offers compare to the legal prevailing-wage floor each role must clear.

Offered vs. prevailing floor
+21%

Median certified offer runs 21% above the floor.

Filings paid above the floor
97%

The rest are set exactly at the prevailing wage — legal, and common among high-volume filers.

Median offered · floor
$124K

vs. $103K prevailing-wage floor.

Seniority mix (OES wage level)

Level I · Entry3%
Level II · Qualified38%
Level III · Experienced19%
Level IV · Fully competent40%

Filing volume by fiscal year

FY22 812FY23 460FY24 747FY25 788FY26 132

Filed across 3 legal entities under this brand — largest: General Motors Company (1,467).

Every H-1B role carries a legally required prevailing-wage floor (the OES rate for that occupation, area, and level). The offered wage on the certified filing must meet or exceed it — so “% above floor” distinguishes employers who genuinely pay a premium from those who file at the minimum. Certified DOL disclosure data, offered base wage only; reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Green-card sponsorship record

General Motors has 2,134 certified permanent-residency (PERM) applications on the federal record through FY2026 — filing volume rising. The question this answers: does this employer put workers on the path to a green card, or only on visas?

Certified PERM applications
2,134

All fiscal years on record · applications, not people

Denial share
1%

Of 2,147 decided applications (certified + denied)

Conversion posture
73 / 100

Certified green-card applications per 100 certified H-1B wage filings (2,134 vs 2,939) — filings and applications, not headcount

Certified by fiscal year
184
FY2021
81
FY2022
110
FY2023
118
FY2024
177
FY2025
1
FY2026 · to date
Most-sponsored occupations
Mechanical Engineers · 736Electrical Engineers · 456Software Developers, Systems Software · 207Commercial and Industrial Designers · 124Industrial Engineers · 78Software Developers, Applications · 70

Source: DOL OFLC PERM (Form ETA-9089) disclosure data, decision-basis by federal fiscal year; the current fiscal year is partial by construction. PERM has no prevailing-wage field — this card reads sponsorship posture, not pay.

What this data is — and isn't

These bands come from certified H-1B Labor Condition Application disclosures — the base salary employers commit to on the record. They exclude equity, bonus, and benefits, and they cover only roles companies sponsor, which skews technical. Read them as a conservative, citable floor on what General Motors pays — not total compensation. Our sources.

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