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Tesla, Inc.
OSHA: 3 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: 2 casesImmigration: 5675 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Tesla, Inc. (Austin, Texas) appears in 3 OSHA inspections, 2 concluded Wage and Hour Division cases, 5,675 labor condition applications, 810 PERM applications and 3 years of injury summaries.
OSHA opened 3 inspections at Tesla, Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, issuing 2 citations. Current penalties total $6,913 (initially $13,826), $2,304 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 13,802 employees and 681 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 3.6 per 100 full-time workers, about the same as the pooled rate for its industry (2.9; median establishment 2.1).
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 2 compliance actions involving Tesla, Inc., recording $505 in back wages agreed to pay for 1 employee, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It filed 5,675 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 7,110 worker positions. The median offered wage is $150,000 a year against a median prevailing wage of $124,499, above the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($108,000). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (38% of filings).
OFLC records 810 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $152,653; the employer reported 128,000 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 336 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $2,304 | $5,702 | $5,523 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 33% | — | 60% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.1026 | Chromium (VI) | 1 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2024 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 2 | $6,913 | Final order | 1910.1026(d)(1), 1910.1200(h)(1) |
| 31 Oct 2023 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 15 Jun 2021 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 336 (quartiles 0.3–4.6); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16 | 14,169 | 40,212,361 | 0 | 438 | 490 | 220 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 40 | 16,557 | 46,439,698 | 1 | 353 | 466 | 352 | 5.0 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13,802 | 38,341,613 | 0 | 346 | 171 | 164 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in Texas. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 336 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $253 | $16K | $12K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 0.5 | — | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $505 | — | $941 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 2 | $505 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2022 – 4 Aug 2024 | 0 | $0 | 0 | — | — | Concluded |
| 7 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022 | 2 | $505 | 1 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1989567, 1977244.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 7%Level II 38%Level III 26%Level IV 11%Not stated 18%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2112 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $150,000 | $108,000 | $105,997 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $121,500–$178,000 | $90,870–$133,300 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 45% | 57% | 63% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Validation Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineer | 153 | $135,933 |
| Mechanical Design Engineer | 148 | $140,650 |
| Software Development Engineer | 132 | $170,136 |
| Process Engineer | 130 | $108,655 |
| Sr Software Development Engineer | 121 | $187,466 |
| Manufacturing Equipment Engineer | 119 | $115,246 |
| Sourcing Engineer | 97 | $130,000 |
| Staff Software Development Engineer | 78 | $218,214 |
| Sr Manufacturing Engineer | 78 | $145,300 |
| Manufacturing Controls Dev Engineer | 74 | $140,644 |
| Sr Mechanical Design Engineer | 63 | $155,163 |
| QA Engineer | 63 | $121,921 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Validation Engineers | 1838 | $108,000 |
| Software Developers | 924 | $138,494 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 688 | $107,146 |
| Electrical Engineers | 262 | $121,459 |
| Logisticians | 245 | $91,098 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 204 | $140,181 |
| Data Scientists | 202 | $123,741 |
| Robotics Engineers | 198 | $125,000 |
Worksite states
California 3652 · Texas 1113 · Nevada 671 · New York 110 · Washington 53 · Illinois 13 · Minnesota 12 · Utah 10
Visa classes: H-1B 5526, H-1B1 Singapore 23, E-3 Australian 122, H-1B1 Chile 4. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Texas); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Development Engineer | 66 |
| Software Development Engineer | 30 |
| Manufacturing Equipment Engineer | 23 |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | 21 |
| Staff Software Development Engineer | 20 |
| Senior Mechanical Design Engineer | 20 |
| Process Engineer | 20 |
| Senior Process Engineer | 17 |
| Senior Manufacturing Controls Engineer | 17 |
| Senior Technical Program Manager | 15 |
PERM occupations
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Tesla, Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 3 inspections at Tesla, Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, most recently opened 5 Jul 2024.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
2 citations with current penalties totalling $6,913. 1 inspection has a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 2 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Tesla, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $505 in back wages agreed to pay across 2 cases, for 1 employee.
Does Tesla, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 5,675 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 5573 were certified. The median offered wage is $150,000 a year; the most common job title is Manufacturing Engineer.
Does Tesla, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 810 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 794 of them certified.
Does Tesla, Inc. hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Tesla, Inc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
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Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.