Naughty Dog H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Gaming · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Santa Monica, CA HQ🌐 naughtydog.com
Does Naughty Dog sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Naughty Dog has filed 42 H-1B LCAs and 30 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Naughty Dog filed 12 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $123,500, about 1% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 11 green-card cases were decided.
Santa Monica, CA accounts for 90% of its H-1B filings.
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) | 7 | $130k |
| FY2025 | 5 | $120k |
| FY2024 | 7 | $120k |
| FY2023 | 7 | $110k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $90k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $105k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $105k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $110k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $93k |
| FY2017 | 3 | $85k |
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) | 9 | $103k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $115k |
| FY2021 | 1 | $106k |
| FY2020 | 6 | $81k |
| FY2019 | 4 | $79k |
| FY2018 | 5 | $75k |
| FY2017 | 3 | $80k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Naughty Dog’s most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 97% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Naughty Dog pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | Los Angeles, CA | 26 | $106,731 | $112,253 | 95% |
| Computer Programmers | Los Angeles, CA | 8 | $112,750 | $102,846 | 110% |
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 6 | $121,128 | $144,315 | 84% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $76,326 | $109,890 | 69% |
About Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog is a gaming company based in Santa Monica, CA. It was founded in 1984.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Naughty Dog
- Founded
- 1984
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica, United States
- Industry
- Gaming
- Website
- naughtydog.com
- H-1B filings
- 42
- Median base
- $110,000
- R&D
- —
Naughty Dog pays a median H-1B base of $110,000 across FY2017–2026, about 7% below the typical Gaming sponsor.
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