2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Rivian Automotive

Offered base salaries from 334 certified H-1B filings, across 12 roles in 4 metro areas.

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

Half of Rivian Automotive's certified filings offered $151,628 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $124,735 and $176,939. 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
Mechanical Engineers$153,258$79k – $237k107
Industrial Engineers$126,360$73k – $263k79
Software Developers$190,000$106k – $315k47
Electrical Engineers$159,217$95k – $239k25
Data Scientists$140,000$97k – $187k16
Architectural and Engineering Managers$197,583$154k – $338k14
Engineers, All Other$141,245$100k – $230k14
Computer Occupations, All Other$164,800$148k – $200k5
Purchasing Managers$176,200$147k – $190k4
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$106,547$106k – $175k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Bloomington, IL$122,767$73k – $191k119
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$158,575$81k – $306k104
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$196,000$131k – $338k65
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$157,718$80k – $205k37
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Mechanical Engineers — Los Angeles$156,90057+26.6%
Industrial Engineers — Bloomington$114,33052+15.5%
Software Developers — San Jose$215,00027+0.9%
Mechanical Engineers — Bloomington$123,09525+22.5%
Industrial Engineers — Los Angeles$150,00014+32.7%
Mechanical Engineers — Detroit$160,00013+46.2%
Mechanical Engineers — San Jose$179,79311+7.0%
Architectural and Engineering Managers — Los Angeles$197,58310+3.5%
Engineers, All Other — Bloomington$127,36410+27.5%
Software Developers — Bloomington$135,5809+9.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
334 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 Automotive'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.