Tesla (TSLA) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Tesla has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $3.8 billion for Q1 2026.

• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $3.8 billion, up 37.22% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $13.8 billion (up 29.81% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $12.7 billion, up 22.8% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses came in at $3.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Tesla, up from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $3.8 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $1.7 billion in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $2.4 billion (2023), against an average of $2.5 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses fell 16.03% in 2022 and jumped 50.44% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Tesla's Operating Expenses stood at $1.9 billion in 2022, then grew by 26.55% to $2.4 billion in 2023, then climbed by 9.35% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then jumped by 38.67% to $3.6 billion in 2025, then advanced by 4.97% to $3.8 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $3.8 billion (Q1 2026), $3.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.