Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Irvine, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. filed 52 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $139,129, 15.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Software Engineer (5 filings, median $169,744).
- Filings
- 52
- Positions covered
- 52
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 38
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Filings since FY2020
- 369
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 17%, from $115,673 in fiscal 2020 to $135,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.6% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 66 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.
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 37 | $135,000 | −3.2% | $127,150 | +13.6% |
| 2025 | 66 | $139,524 | +7.3% | $126,942 | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 66 | $130,000 | no change | $106,288 | +16.9% |
| 2023 | 51 | $130,000 | +8.3% | $114,774 | +12.4% |
| 2022 | 61 | $120,000 | +2.2% | $110,365 | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 38 | $117,468 | +1.6% | $102,191 | +17.5% |
| 2020 | 50 | $115,673 | n/a | $101,972 | +16.3% |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | $169,744 | +8.0% | +3% since 2022 | |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $123,032 | +15.6% | −5% since 2023 | |
| Senior Game Designer | 4 | $134,375 | +13.5% | ||
| Artist | 2 | $90,220 | +18.8% | ||
| Game Producer | 2 | $99,913 | +50.5% | ||
| General Manager, Polaris | 2 | $414,760 | +100.5% | ||
| Associate Character Technical Artist | 1 | $84,885 | +11.7% | ||
| Associate Outsource Director | 1 | $224,025 | +23.2% | ||
| Associate Software Engineering Manager | 1 | $190,962 | +2.1% | ||
| Associate Software Engineering Manager, Quality | 1 | $192,938 | +17.1% | ||
| Associate Systems Designer | 1 | $72,010 | +27.1% | ||
| Data Analyst, Hearthstone Analytics | 1 | $122,075 | +20.0% | ||
| Data Scientist | 1 | $140,000 | +7.5% | ||
| Environment Artist, Outsource | 1 | $101,566 | at the minimum | ||
| Lead Outsource Supervisor Characters | 1 | $160,000 | +6.6% | ||
| Lead Software Development Engineer in Test | 1 | $183,750 | +16.9% | ||
| Lead Technical Designer | 1 | $151,163 | +3.2% | ||
| Manager, Diablo Immortal Analytics | 1 | $190,000 | +19.6% | ||
| Manager, Machine Learning Engineering | 1 | $195,071 | +18.4% | ||
| Quality Manager | 1 | $136,042 | +23.1% | ||
| SR. Artist | 1 | $110,864 | +9.2% | ||
| Senior Artist I | 1 | $119,398 | +17.6% | ||
| Senior Character Artist | 1 | $128,750 | +1.3% | ||
| Senior Character Artist I | 1 | $125,639 | +23.7% | ||
| Senior Financial Manager | 1 | $167,500 | +8.3% | ||
| Senior Game Producer | 1 | $145,250 | +28.3% | ||
| Senior Level Designer | 1 | $146,677 | +15.4% | ||
| Senior Manager, Executive Communications | 1 | $161,515 | +16.9% | ||
| Senior Network Engineer II | 1 | $195,358 | +5.9% | ||
| Senior Outsource Supervisor I, Character | 1 | $135,000 | +6.2% | ||
| Senior Outsource Supervisor I, Concept | 1 | $120,746 | +18.9% | ||
| Senior Outsource Supervisor II, Concept | 1 | $159,135 | +4.2% | ||
| Senior Product Manager, Hearthstone | 1 | $160,000 | +14.3% | ||
| Senior Sound Designer | 1 | $134,322 | +11.4% | ||
| Senior UX Designer | 1 | $152,131 | +19.6% | ||
| Technical Artist, Character | 1 | $101,920 | +0.4% | ||
| Technical Artist, World Dynamic | 1 | $117,541 | +15.8% | ||
| Technical Designer | 1 | $100,006 | +10.8% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Irvine, CA | 49 | $140,000 |
| Austin, TX | 2 | $163,502 |
| Albany, NY | 1 | $72,010 |
By visa type: 47 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia), 1 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 52 certified.
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 Blizzard Entertainment, 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.