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Tesla (TSLA) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Tesla (TSLA) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 16 consecutive years, with $3.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 38.67% to $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $12.7 billion through Dec 2025, up 22.8% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $12.7 billion for FY2025, 22.8% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 for Tesla, up from $3.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $3.6 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.6 billion in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $2.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.3 billion in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: skyrocketed 70.45% in 2021 and later decreased 16.03% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $2.2 billion in 2021, then decreased by 16.03% to $1.9 billion in 2022, then rose by 26.55% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then increased by 9.35% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then soared by 38.67% to $3.6 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for TSLA at $3.6 billion in Q4 2025, $3.4 billion in Q3 2025, and $3.0 billion in Q2 2025.