2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

General Motors

Offered base salaries from 564 certified H-1B filings, across 12 roles in 8 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of General Motors's certified filings offered $137,082 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $122,686 and $152,307. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$150,000$98k – $425k201
Mechanical Engineers$131,490$100k – $240k165
Electrical Engineers$123,427$94k – $330k78
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$128,547$104k – $250k36
Industrial Engineers$122,387$104k – $172k30
Engineers, All Other$127,365$109k – $205k9
Computer Occupations, All Other$155,000$105k – $183k8
Financial and Investment Analysts$127,663$125k – $168k7
Data Scientists$114,211$108k – $136k5
Database Administrators$148,720$140k – $151k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$133,444$94k – $250k463
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$220,000$127k – $425k36
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$160,000$104k – $235k27
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$164,053$150k – $200k5
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$142,900$100k – $163k5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$179,982$123k – $230k5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$158,231$119k – $172k4
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$149,809$125k – $152k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares General Motors's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Mechanical Engineers — Detroit$131,043152+19.7%
Software Developers — Detroit$144,144145+10.2%
Electrical Engineers — Detroit$122,43072+7.0%
Industrial Engineers — Detroit$119,07028+14.4%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Detroit$127,15027+24.2%
Software Developers — Austin$170,00019+26.8%
Software Developers — San Jose$250,00018+17.3%
Financial and Investment Analysts — Detroit$127,6636+25.7%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose$185,5386+11.4%
Software Developers — Atlanta$164,0535+23.4%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
564 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes General Motors's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.