Disney H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Streaming & media · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Santa Monica, CA HQ🌐 disney.com
Does Disney sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Disney has filed 1,350 H-1B LCAs and 261 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Disney filed 169 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $182,058, about 49% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 3 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) | 56 | $190k |
| FY2025 | 113 | $177k |
| FY2024 | 64 | $176k |
| FY2023 | 104 | $168k |
| FY2022 | 153 | $164k |
| FY2021 | 80 | $152k |
| FY2020 | 176 | $155k |
| FY2019 | 225 | $140k |
| FY2018 | 201 | $132k |
| FY2017 | 178 | $120k |
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) | 1 | $130k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $154k |
| FY2024 | 14 | $173k |
| FY2023 | 13 | $179k |
| FY2022 | 19 | $153k |
| FY2021 | 24 | $153k |
| FY2020 | 35 | $154k |
| FY2019 | 64 | $146k |
| FY2018 | 65 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 24 | $129k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Disney’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 125% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Disney pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 459 | $149,978 | $124,793 | 120% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 125 | $156,388 | $147,762 | 106% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 89 | $129,582 | $88,035 | 147% |
| Software Developers | Orlando, FL | 59 | $147,477 | $108,948 | 135% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 50 | $183,418 | $173,134 | 106% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 27 | $170,910 | $162,810 | 105% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 24 | $175,971 | $144,173 | 122% |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | Los Angeles, CA | 23 | $121,680 | $87,339 | 139% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Orlando, FL | 23 | $96,314 | $72,354 | 133% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 21 | $155,015 | $152,075 | 102% |
About Disney
Disney is a streaming & media company based in Burbank. It was founded in 1923 and has about 195,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as DIS.
- Legal name
- Walt Disney Co
- Listed
- NYSE: DIS
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521
- Industry
- Streaming & media
- Founded
- 1923
- Revenue FY2025
- $94.4B +3% from $91.4B
- Net income FY2025
- $12.4B +149% from $5.0B
- Website
- disney.com
Disney pays a median H-1B base of $150,000 across FY2017–2026, about 11% above the typical Streaming & media sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast | 5,887 | 1,053 | $133k | 120 | 58% |
| T-Mobile | 4,634 | 893 | $147k | 139 | 76% |
| Charter Communications | 4,335 | 1,051 | $120k | 50 | 62% |
| Disney | 1,350 | 169 | $182k | 30 | 88% |
| Hughes Network Systems | 1,301 | 187 | $122k | 61 | 38% |
| Audible | 1,286 | 303 | $158k | 68 | 23% |
| Roku | 1,176 | 175 | $225k | 18 | 81% |
