Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC

387 certified · Median $180,765 a year · Irvine, CA

Also filed as Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources

By year

Fiscal yearCertifiedCertified, then withdrawnWithdrawnDenied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 20261191100
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025268620

Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.

Wages

25th percentile
$156,495
Median
$180,765
75th percentile
$210,527

A year, from 386 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $190,00019
  • Sr. Embedded Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $160,00010
  • Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $214,7458
  • Staff Embedded Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $216,0007
  • Sr. Software Systems EngineerElectrical Engineers · median $161,4166
  • Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $146,3075
  • Senior Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $170,3054
  • Software Engineer IISoftware Developers · median $144,5504
  • Thermal Controls EngineerMechanical Engineers · median $139,0004
  • Embedded Software Engineer IIElectrical Engineers · median $145,0003

Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.

Places

  • Palo Alto, CA224
  • Irvine, CA70
  • Tustin, CA60
  • Normal, IL26
  • Plymouth, MI4
  • Orange, CA1
  • Sunnyvale, CA1
  • Nampa, ID1

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 406