Which companies have the most employees working on an H-1B visa?

In helping instigate a heated debate over H-1B visas, Elon Musk is speaking both from personal experience and as a business owner. That's because his company, electric car maker Tesla, is among the U.S. companies that bring thousands of foreign engineers and other skilled workers into the U.S. each year.

After not placing in the top 25 H-1B visa employers in prior years, Tesla now ranks No. 16, according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) a nonpartisan think tank focused on trade and immigration issues. 

While well behind the likes of technology giants such as Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Google, Tesla in 2024 significantly increased its count of employees hired through the visa program, with its 742 approved H-1B petitions for initial employment more than double the 328 it recorded in 2023, NFAP found.Tesla also had 1,025 H-1B petitions for continuing employment approved in 2024.