Warner Bros. H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Streaming & media · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 New York, NY HQ📍 Burbank, CA most H-1B filings🌐 warnerbros.com
Does Warner Bros. sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Warner Bros. has filed 484 H-1B LCAs and 107 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Warner Bros. filed 120 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $161,751, about 33% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 51 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) | 40 | $156k |
| FY2025 | 80 | $167k |
| FY2024 | 99 | $135k |
| FY2023 | 59 | $136k |
| FY2022 | 73 | $140k |
| FY2021 | 27 | $125k |
| FY2020 | 30 | $121k |
| FY2019 | 18 | $125k |
| FY2018 | 23 | $114k |
| FY2017 | 35 | $116k |
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) | 22 | $143k |
| FY2025 | 29 | $140k |
| FY2024 | 20 | $155k |
| FY2023 | 7 | $144k |
| FY2021 | 6 | $137k |
| FY2020 | 4 | $102k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $138k |
| FY2018 | 15 | $112k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $133k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 343
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 197
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Pictorial communication87
Pay against the local market
Warner Bros.’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 110% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Warner Bros. pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | Los Angeles, CA | 54 | $133,010 | $132,685 | 100% |
| Software Developers | New York, NY | 48 | $153,264 | $152,816 | 100% |
| Software Developers | Seattle, WA | 43 | $151,507 | $163,401 | 93% |
| Software Developers | Dallas, TX | 29 | $145,141 | $124,464 | 117% |
| Software Developers | Atlanta, GA | 24 | $129,866 | $130,374 | 100% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Los Angeles, CA | 19 | $122,945 | $92,467 | 133% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 18 | $171,551 | $163,114 | 105% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Los Angeles, CA | 15 | $167,741 | $172,005 | 98% |
| Data Scientists | Los Angeles, CA | 11 | $129,424 | $124,417 | 104% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | Los Angeles, CA | 10 | $121,832 | $104,077 | 117% |
About Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. is a streaming & media company based in Burbank, CA. It was founded in 1923. It is listed on Nasdaq as WBD.
- Legal name
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: WBD
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 230 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003
- Industry
- Streaming & media
- Founded
- 1923
- Revenue FY2025
- $37.3B -5% from $39.3B
- Net income FY2025
- $727M +106% from $-11.3B
- Website
- warnerbros.com
Warner Bros. pays a median H-1B base of $123,000 across FY2017–2026, about 9% below the typical Streaming & media sponsor.
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