As Tesla CEO, Elon Musk doesn’t take dwelling a money wage or bonus.
His staff, nevertheless, very a lot do — and new knowledge from the U.S. Division of Labor reveals simply how a lot some staff at Tesla make annually.
The info, which was seen by TheStreet, is from 184 worldwide hires working at Tesla within the U.S., principally in Palo Alto, Fremont, or Austin. Their positions vary from software program to engineering to architects.
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For workers that submitted their info throughout Q1 2023, with begin dates starting from January 16, 2023, to September 2023 (a few of these sampled haven’t but begun working on the firm), salaries ranged from $80,000 to $235,000 with a median of $149,352.
Solely 5 staff surveyed make beneath six figures, whereas the bulk make between $100,000 and $149,000.
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The best paying job on the checklist is Tesla’s Senior Supervisor, Software program Engineering ($235,000 per yr) adopted by Supervisor, Software program Engineering ($209,405).
The bottom-paying entry-level job recorded was for an Affiliate Design Planner with a wage of $80,000.
Earlier this yr, a leaked e-mail from Musk revealed that he should approve all new hires for the corporate transferring ahead.
“Consider carefully earlier than sending me a request,” Musk penned to staff within the e-mail seen by Electrek. “Nobody can be part of Tesla, at the same time as a contractor, till you obtain my e-mail approval.”
Although it is unclear what number of staff Tesla presently has following layoffs this yr, the corporate employed roughly 30,000 new staff in 2022, bringing the full on the finish of the yr to 130,000 staff.