Rockstar Games — 101 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 13
- Filings · FY2025
- $150k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Animator
- Top role · 6 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 100 all-time
Rockstar Games filed 13 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 18% from the year before), with a median base salary of $150k and the middle 50% of offers between $135k and $175k. That is 17% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 101 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Animator in New York.
How much does Rockstar Games 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. $150k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Rockstar Games's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2016 → 9 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 9 | −31% | $150k |
| FY2025 | 13 | +18% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 11 | −27% | $130k |
| FY2023 | 15 | +67% | $149k |
| FY2022 | 9 | −25% | $120k |
| FY2021 | 12 | −20% | $102k |
| FY2020 | 15 | +67% | $113k |
| FY2019 | 9 | +80% | $90k |
| FY2018 | 5 | +400% | $110k |
| FY2017 | 1 | −50% | $115k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $102k |
Which wage levels does Rockstar Games file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 56% of Rockstar Games'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 96 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I1.0%1
- Level II42.7%41
- Level III34.4%33
- Level IV21.9%21
What jobs does Rockstar Games 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Animator | 6 | $102k |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $135k |
| Associate Technical Art Director | 4 | $155k |
| Director, Systems Engineering | 3 | $145k |
| Lead Developer | 3 | $160k |
| Senior Product Manager | 2 | $119k |
| Senior Application Security Engineer | 2 | $172k |
| Animation R&d Programmer | 2 | $102k |
| Associate Director of Design | 2 | $105k |
| Motion Graphics Designer | 2 | $71k |
Where does Rockstar Games 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 100 | $120k |
| CA | 1 | $152k |
What has Rockstar Games filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 101 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Rockstar Games's H-1B filings
- How much does Rockstar Games pay H-1B workers?
- Rockstar Games's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 13 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Rockstar Games sponsor?
- Rockstar Games has 101 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Rockstar Games sponsor for H-1B?
- Rockstar Games's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Animator, Software Engineer, Associate Technical Art Director, Director, Systems Engineering.
- Where does Rockstar Games hire H-1B workers?
- Rockstar Games's top H-1B worksite states are NY, CA.
- 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 →