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Rivian And VW Group Technology

Offered base salaries from 244 certified H-1B filings, across 7 roles in 4 metro areas.

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

Half of Rivian And VW Group Technology's certified filings offered $190,940 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $162,245 and $215,000. 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$203,256$145k – $313k96
Electrical Engineers$194,370$109k – $279k54
Mechanical Engineers$175,660$118k – $316k52
Data Scientists$159,521$117k – $240k12
Industrial Engineers$175,660$126k – $200k7
Engineers, All Other$198,420$140k – $260k6
Computer Occupations, All Other$196,000$160k – $211k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$200,485$125k – $313k140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$175,660$109k – $316k77
Bloomington, IL$159,521$117k – $279k21
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$176,000$155k – $211k5
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Rivian And VW Group Technology's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Jose$205,00077−3.8%
Mechanical Engineers — Los Angeles$175,66038+41.8%
Electrical Engineers — San Jose$210,00026+12.3%
Electrical Engineers — Los Angeles$175,66018+25.7%
Mechanical Engineers — San Jose$190,00013+13.1%
Software Developers — Los Angeles$189,18012+17.6%
Data Scientists — San Jose$200,0006+8.1%
Electrical Engineers — Bloomington$167,0006+68.8%
Software Developers — Bloomington$160,0005+29.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
244 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 Rivian And VW Group Technology'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.