Activision H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Gaming · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Santa Monica, CA HQ🌐 activision.com
Does Activision sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Activision has filed 657 H-1B LCAs and 216 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Activision filed 130 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $146,233, about 20% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 49 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 35 | $151k |
| FY2025 | 95 | $146k |
| FY2024 | 64 | $136k |
| FY2023 | 81 | $147k |
| FY2022 | 99 | $137k |
| FY2021 | 63 | $130k |
| FY2020 | 62 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 59 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 54 | $121k |
| FY2017 | 45 | $108k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 34 | $136k |
| FY2025 | 15 | $105k |
| FY2024 | 34 | $104k |
| FY2023 | 25 | $123k |
| FY2022 | 23 | $139k |
| FY2021 | 24 | $129k |
| FY2020 | 15 | $116k |
| FY2019 | 14 | $95k |
| FY2018 | 16 | $114k |
| FY2017 | 16 | $119k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Activision’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 113% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Activision pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 91 | $136,987 | $130,492 | 105% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 83 | $175,224 | $159,648 | 110% |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | San Diego, CA | 30 | $87,810 | $89,910 | 98% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 22 | $145,762 | $120,468 | 121% |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | San Francisco, CA | 21 | $119,600 | $109,610 | 109% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 21 | $165,730 | $174,970 | 95% |
| Management Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 18 | $134,440 | $93,319 | 144% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 15 | $127,223 | $91,287 | 139% |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | Los Angeles, CA | 12 | $94,503 | $111,592 | 85% |
| Data Scientists | Los Angeles, CA | 12 | $157,659 | $122,623 | 129% |
About Activision
Activision is a gaming company based in Santa Monica, CA. It was founded in 1979.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Activision
- Parent company
- Microsoft
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica, United States
- Industry
- Gaming
- Employees (US, est)
- 6,832 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 657
- Median base
- $131,000
- Founded
- 1979
Activision pays a median H-1B base of $131,000 across FY2017–2026, about 11% above the typical Gaming sponsor.
Files 1 green-card application for every 3 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
H-1B sponsors similar to Activision
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Arts | 1,674 | 267 | $154k | 99 | 47% |
| Roblox | 1,189 | 444 | $255k | 117 | 73% |
| Riot Games | 885 | 177 | $152k | 77 | 82% |
| Activision | 657 | 130 | $146k | 53 | 59% |
| Blizzard Entertainment | 638 | 103 | $138k | 52 | 50% |
| Unity | 556 | 99 | $175k | 17 | 51% |
| Marvelous Technologies | 432 | 10 | $106k | 0 | — |
