Blizzard Entertainment — 618 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 60
- Filings · FY2025
- $139k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineer
- Top role · 56 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 595 all-time
Blizzard Entertainment filed 60 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 3% from the year before), with a median base salary of $139k and the middle 50% of offers between $117k and $168k. Across all years it has 618 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Engineer in California.
How much does Blizzard Entertainment 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. $139k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Blizzard Entertainment's H-1B hiring changed by year?
62 certified filings in FY2016 → 35 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 35 | −42% | $135k |
| FY2025 | 60 | +3% | $139k |
| FY2024 | 58 | +26% | $130k |
| FY2023 | 46 | −10% | $129k |
| FY2022 | 51 | +34% | $123k |
| FY2021 | 38 | −5% | $114k |
| FY2020 | 40 | −52% | $119k |
| FY2019 | 83 | +11% | $115k |
| FY2018 | 75 | +7% | $100k |
| FY2017 | 70 | +13% | $91k |
| FY2016 | 62 | — | $106k |
Which wage levels does Blizzard Entertainment file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 58% of Blizzard Entertainment'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 552 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I16.8%93
- Level II25.0%138
- Level III23.6%130
- Level IV34.6%191
What jobs does Blizzard Entertainment sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Blizzard Entertainment's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 56 | $114k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 39 | $145k |
| Senior Software Engineer I | 27 | $129k |
| Associate Software Engineer | 16 | $82k |
| Senior Software Engineer II | 15 | $156k |
| Senior Data Scientist | 10 | $135k |
| Game Producer | 10 | $100k |
| Concept Artist | 9 | $83k |
| Associate Producer, Localization | 8 | $54k |
| 3D Artist | 7 | $75k |
Where does Blizzard Entertainment 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 | 595 | $118k |
| TX | 15 | $127k |
| NY | 7 | $95k |
| WA | 1 | $141k |
What has Blizzard Entertainment filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 618 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Blizzard Entertainment's H-1B filings
- How much does Blizzard Entertainment pay H-1B workers?
- Blizzard Entertainment's median certified H-1B base salary is $139k (FY2025), from 60 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Blizzard Entertainment sponsor?
- Blizzard Entertainment has 618 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Blizzard Entertainment sponsor for H-1B?
- Blizzard Entertainment's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer I, Associate Software Engineer.
- Where does Blizzard Entertainment hire H-1B workers?
- Blizzard Entertainment's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, NY, WA.
- 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 →