Activision Publishing Inc H-1B wage filings
Santa Monica, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Activision Publishing Inc filed 38 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $138,134, 10.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 38
- Positions covered
- 37
- Certified
- 97.4%
- Job titles
- 35
- Worksite cities
- 9
- Filings since FY2020
- 411
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +9%
Offered wage since 2020
Activision Publishing Inc's median H-1B wage offer rose 9%, from $120,000 in fiscal 2020 to $131,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 10.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 77 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Activision Publishing Inc by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 26 | $131,000 | −2.7% | $120,557 | +10.5% |
| 2025 | 76 | $134,659 | +5.3% | $115,149 | +12.4% |
| 2024 | 55 | $127,835 | −2.1% | $110,927 | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 65 | $130,514 | −3.2% | $117,728 | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 77 | $134,811 | +3.7% | $117,000 | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 60 | $129,943 | +8.3% | $109,679 | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 52 | $120,000 | n/a | $107,640 | +11.3% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept Artist | 2 | $97,323 | +16.8% | |
| Engineer | 2 | $120,462 | +17.8% | |
| Lead Photogrammetry Artist | 2 | $167,774 | +9.8% | |
| Associate Artist | 1 | $85,488 | +12.5% | |
| Associate Concept Artist | 1 | $76,045 | +0.1% | |
| Associate Director, Gameplay and Economy Product Management | 1 | $215,000 | +18.9% | |
| Associate UX Designer | 1 | $86,778 | +2.2% | |
| Business Analyst Specialist | 1 | $152,200 | +9.4% | |
| Data Scientist | 1 | $131,000 | +0.6% | |
| Environment Artist | 1 | $98,342 | +7.6% | |
| Expert Software Engineer | 1 | $175,100 | +7.1% | |
| External Development Supervisor | 1 | $120,438 | +20.4% | |
| Lead Engineer | 1 | $133,930 | +3.3% | |
| Lead Weapons Artist | 1 | $141,364 | +17.3% | |
| Manager, Analytics Engineering | 1 | $177,225 | +7.5% | |
| Product Manager | 1 | $185,000 | +12.3% | |
| Senior Analyst, Mobile Marketing Analytics | 1 | $168,008 | +5.8% | |
| Senior Analytics Engineer | 1 | $148,000 | +13.6% | |
| Senior Artist II, Foliage | 1 | $145,000 | +14.0% | |
| Senior Associate Engineer | 1 | $110,053 | +7.1% | |
| Senior Data Analyst | 1 | $160,000 | +0.8% | |
| Senior Data Analyst, Business Analytics | 1 | $146,000 | +12.1% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 1 | $185,400 | +16.7% | |
| Senior Engineer | 1 | $151,410 | +8.8% | |
| Senior Environment Artist II | 1 | $135,349 | +6.4% | |
| Senior Expert Engineer, Tools | 1 | $190,550 | +16.5% | |
| Senior Gameplay Engineer | 1 | $157,351 | +2.4% | |
| Senior ServiceNow Engineer | 1 | $173,623 | +10.5% | |
| Senior SP Animator | 1 | $106,858 | +44.2% | |
| Senior Technical Animator | 1 | $138,134 | +8.6% | |
| Senior Technical Product Manager | 1 | $160,000 | +24.4% | |
| Senior Tools Support Technician | 1 | $94,787 | +11.4% | |
| Software Engineer, Gameplay | 1 | $114,719 | +0.2% | |
| Software Engineer, Marketing Technology | 1 | $134,983 | +4.1% | |
| Technical Designer | 1 | $89,482 | +43.9% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica, CA | 11 | $160,000 |
| Playa Vista, CA | 7 | $118,706 |
| Austin, TX | 5 | $152,200 |
| Woodland Hills, CA | 5 | $135,349 |
| Carlsbad, CA | 3 | $101,816 |
| Middleton, WI | 3 | $106,858 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $167,774 |
| Irvine, CA | 1 | $173,623 |
| San Francisco, CA | 1 | $157,351 |
By visa type: 36 H-1B, 2 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 37 certified, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Activision Publishing Inc attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.