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Tesla Headquarters & offices · Austin, Texas
Tesla · Austin, Texas
The head office sits inside a car factory — and medical plans with a $0 option start on day one.
Benefits from day one, stock for almost everyone, and the move from a small building in San Carlos to Palo Alto to a factory in Texas — every number from Tesla's filings and job postings.
- 134,785employees, end of 2025
- 92%of employees get stock in their rewards
- Day 1benefits start
- 514 → 134,785people, 2009 → 2025
Sources: Form 10-K 2025 · Proxy statement 2025 · Form 8-K (Dec 1, 2021) · Form S-1 (2010) · tesla.com/careers
Companies / United States / Electric vehicles & energy / Tesla
THE HEADQUARTERS · GIGAFACTORY TEXAS · 2021
A head office inside a car factory
On December 1, 2021 Tesla moved its corporate headquarters to Gigafactory Texas, east of Austin — a factory site where it also builds cars. The Fremont, California factory, Tesla's first car plant, is still its other big home.
- 1 Tesla Road, Austin
- HQ since Dec 1, 2021
- Owned site
- Fremont factory (owned)
Palo Alto: the Deer Creek Road headquarters (2010–2021)
Factories where Tesla people work
Facts: Form 8-K (Dec 1, 2021) · Form 10-K 2025, Item 2. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo.
Headquarters and main factories
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters · Gigafactory Texas | 1 Tesla Road, Austin, TX 78725 |
| Fremont Factory | Fremont, California |
Source: Form 10-K 2025 cover and Item 2 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Form 8-K (Dec 1, 2021) · Form 10-K 2025, Item 2 · Form S-1 (2010)
Benefits from day one (United States)
Plan options with $0 payroll deduction.
Both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution.
Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits.
Company contribution with the high-deductible plan.
401(k) with employer match and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
Flex time for salaried roles, accrued hours for hourly roles, and paid holidays.
Back-up childcare and parenting support; the “Tesla Babies” program.
Free counseling and paid parental leave.
Source: tesla.com job posting 267153 (2026), “Compensation and Benefits” · Form 10-K 2025
What Tesla says keeps people
Of employees are included in total-rewards packages with stock ownership opportunities.
Medical plans, with options at $0 payroll deduction, from the first day.
Employees globally advanced their careers during 2025.
Of managers were promoted internally.
Educational assistance for fields like engineering and AI.
Global participation in Tesla's employee survey.
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital Resources · tesla.com job postings (2026)
Who works here
employees (Dec 31, 2025)
advanced their careers in 2025
of managers promoted internally
employees at the end of 2009
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · Form S-1 (2010)
Pay at Tesla
Most Tesla employees work in factories, service and stores. The CEO's reported compensation for 2024 was $0.
Source: Proxy statement 2025 (pay ratio table)
The Tesla postings we checked (Austin, Texas) don't list a pay range.
Tesla doesn't publish pay by age.
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Office history: San Carlos → Palo Alto → a factory in Texas
- 2003 Formed, and an office in San Carlos
Tesla was formed in July 2003. Its early headquarters was in San Carlos, California.
Source: Form S-1 (2010) · San Carlos HQ from the photo’s Wikimedia Commons caption
Former Tesla Motors HQ, San Carlos, 2008 · Tumbenhaur / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2010–2021 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto
When Tesla went public in 2010 its headquarters was 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, and it had 514 employees (end of 2009). Every 10-K through 2020 gives this address.
Source: Form S-1 (2010) · Form 10-K 2010–2020
3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, 2013 · Windell Oskay from Sunnyvale, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2021 Headquarters moves to Gigafactory Texas
On December 1, 2021 Tesla relocated its corporate headquarters to Gigafactory Texas in Austin.
Source: Form 8-K, Dec 1, 2021
Gigafactory Texas, July 2021 · Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - Today 1 Tesla Road, Austin
Tesla's filings give 1 Tesla Road, Austin, Texas as its address.
Source: Form 10-K 2023–2025 covers
Gigafactory Texas, June 2022 · Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Map: how the headquarters moved
Two short hops on the San Francisco Peninsula, then 2,400 km to Texas.
- 1 · 2000sSan Carlos, California
- 2 · 2010–20213500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto
- 3 · 2021–todayGigafactory Texas, Austin
Addresses: Form S-1, 10-K, 8-K · Locations: OpenStreetMap · Basemap © Esri
What Tesla does
Tesla designs, makes and sells electric cars and the software that drives them, and builds batteries and solar products for homes and power grids.
Two segments: automotive, and energy generation and storage.
Where the money came from · revenue by type, 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Results of operations
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · SEC XBRL · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$2.0B → $94.8B
5,859 → 134,785
Calendar years. Revenue: SEC XBRL. Employees: Form 10-K (2016–2019 not shown). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer since October 2008 (“Technoking of Tesla”).
Tesla was formed in July 2003.
Source: Proxy statement 2025 · Form S-1 (2010)
Tesla: questions people ask
Where is Tesla's headquarters?
Gigafactory Texas, 1 Tesla Road, Austin, Texas. Tesla moved its headquarters there from Palo Alto on December 1, 2021.
Source: Form 8-K (2021) · Form 10-K 2025
How many people work at Tesla?
134,785 employees worldwide at the end of 2025.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
What benefits does Tesla offer?
From day one: medical plans with a $0 payroll option, dental and vision, family-building benefits, an HSA contribution, a 401(k) with match, an employee stock purchase plan, paid holidays and back-up childcare.
Source: tesla.com job postings
How much do Tesla employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $57,243 in 2024.
Source: Proxy statement 2025
Where was Tesla's headquarters before Austin?
3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, California (2010–2021); earlier, San Carlos, California.
Source: Form S-1, Form 10-K
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