Employer profile
Pixar
85 certified H-1B filings across 10 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
8
FY2025 median
$139k
Top role
Animator
18 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
83 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Pixar pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Pixar hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8▲ 100% | $139k |
| FY2024 | 4▲ 100% | $114k |
| FY2023 | 2▼ 71% | $97k |
| FY2022 | 7▲ 17% | $114k |
| FY2021 | 6▼ 25% | $80k |
| FY2020 | 80% | $78k |
| FY2019 | 8▼ 27% | $68k |
| FY2018 | 11▲ 10% | $90k |
| FY2017 | 10▼ 52% | $81k |
| FY2016 | 21— | $89k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
2125%
Lvl I
1012%
Lvl II
3440%
Lvl III
1416%
Lvl IV
67%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Animator | 18 | $77k |
| Technical Director | 15 | $95k |
| Story Artist | 11 | $81k |
| Fix Animator | 6 | $55k |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $151k |
| Story Artist Ii | 3 | $139k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $162k |
| Lead Software Engineer | 2 | $131k |
| Sr Software Engineer | 2 | $147k |
| Animator I | 2 | $94k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 83 | $90k |
| WA | 2 | $113k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Pixar pay H-1B workers?
- Pixar's median certified H-1B base salary is $139k (FY2025), from 8 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Pixar sponsor?
- Pixar has 85 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Pixar sponsor for H-1B?
- Pixar's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Animator, Technical Director, Story Artist, Fix Animator.
- Where does Pixar hire H-1B workers?
- Pixar's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA.
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