Activision Publishing — 552 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 74
- Filings · FY2025
- $135k
- Median base · FY2025
- Engineer
- Top role · 18 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 475 all-time
Activision Publishing filed 74 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 42% from the year before), with a median base salary of $135k and the middle 50% of offers between $104k and $155k. That is 17% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 552 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Engineer in California.
How much does Activision Publishing pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $135k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Activision Publishing's H-1B hiring changed by year?
37 certified filings in FY2016 → 23 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 23 | −69% | $135k |
| FY2025 | 74 | +42% | $135k |
| FY2024 | 52 | −15% | $128k |
| FY2023 | 61 | −21% | $132k |
| FY2022 | 77 | +35% | $135k |
| FY2021 | 57 | +19% | $130k |
| FY2020 | 48 | +30% | $120k |
| FY2019 | 37 | −24% | $120k |
| FY2018 | 49 | +32% | $120k |
| FY2017 | 37 | 0% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 37 | — | $89k |
Which wage levels does Activision Publishing file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 57% of Activision Publishing's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 511 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I17.6%90
- Level II25.0%128
- Level III24.7%126
- Level IV32.7%167
What jobs does Activision Publishing sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Engineer | 18 | $119k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 14 | $140k |
| Senior Engineer | 14 | $145k |
| Associate Software Engineer | 11 | $80k |
| Management Analyst | 7 | $125k |
| Associate Environment Artist | 7 | $81k |
| Senior Data Engineer | 7 | $150k |
| Senior Business Analyst | 6 | $123k |
| Software Engineer | 6 | $82k |
| Producer | 5 | $94k |
Where does Activision Publishing hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 475 | $124k |
| TX | 37 | $145k |
| WI | 24 | $92k |
| NY | 9 | $80k |
| WA | 5 | $128k |
| CO | 2 | $139k |
What has Activision Publishing filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 552 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Activision Publishing's H-1B filings
- How much does Activision Publishing pay H-1B workers?
- Activision Publishing's median certified H-1B base salary is $135k (FY2025), from 74 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Activision Publishing sponsor?
- Activision Publishing has 552 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Activision Publishing sponsor for H-1B?
- Activision Publishing's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Engineer, Associate Software Engineer.
- Where does Activision Publishing hire H-1B workers?
- Activision Publishing's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, WI, NY.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →