DreamWorks Animation LLC H-1B wage filings
Glendale, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
DreamWorks Animation LLC filed 72 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $122,574, 12.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Animator (6 filings, median $115,835).
- Filings since FY2020
- 72
- Positions covered
- 71
- Certified
- 98.6%
- Job titles
- 35
- Worksite cities
- 8
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
DreamWorks Animation LLC's median H-1B wage offer rose 9%, from $117,832 in fiscal 2020 to $128,766 in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2020, with 20 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.
DreamWorks Animation LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 9 | $128,766 | +9.8% | $114,774 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 7 | $117,270 | −19.1% | $117,270 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 7 | $144,997 | +15.6% | $113,859 | +28.6% |
| 2022 | 12 | $125,420 | +2.4% | $106,496 | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 16 | $122,458 | +3.9% | $103,532 | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 20 | $117,832 | n/a | $93,891 | +24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animator | 6 | $115,835 | +17.2% | |
| Department TD | 6 | $81,060 | +4.9% | |
| Effects Artist | 6 | $120,016 | +9.2% | |
| Character Effects Artist | 4 | $124,010 | +22.9% | |
| Engineering Systems Administrator | 4 | $122,656 | +64.8% | |
| Department TD Specialist | 3 | $144,997 | +36.1% | |
| Lead Technical Director | 3 | $102,877 | +0.5% | |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Web Tools | 3 | $152,027 | +0.3% | |
| Visual Development Artist | 3 | $89,752 | at the minimum | |
| Lead Lighter | 2 | $139,048 | +23.6% | |
| Platform Architect | 2 | $155,000 | +26.2% | |
| Sr. Software Engineer I - Data | 2 | $134,919 | +5.9% | |
| Software Engineer II | 2 | $121,758 | +13.5% | |
| Software Engineer II, R&D | 2 | $118,500 | +19.9% | |
| Story Artist | 2 | $89,045 | +3.6% | |
| Animation Pipeline TD | 1 | $111,696 | at the minimum | |
| Animation TA | 1 | $71,677 | +5.2% | |
| Associate Department TD | 1 | $84,885 | at the minimum | |
| Character Effects Supervisor | 1 | $156,000 | +26.4% | |
| Character FX Lead | 1 | $130,000 | +24.8% | |
| Character Rigger | 1 | $83,200 | +6.2% | |
| Department Technical Director | 1 | $94,474 | at the minimum | |
| DigiMatte Artist | 1 | $166,026 | +41.6% | |
| Effects Lead | 1 | $135,200 | +18.7% | |
| Front End Web Engineer | 1 | $140,000 | +49.1% | |
| Lighting/Compositing Supervisor | 1 | $150,010 | +19.5% | |
| Manager, Storage Operations | 1 | $157,560 | +50.4% | |
| Matte Painter | 1 | $135,762 | +30.3% | |
| Platform Engineer II | 1 | $125,000 | +18.3% | |
| Senior Platform Engineer I | 1 | $145,000 | +13.4% | |
| Senior Software Engineer I | 1 | $143,000 | +11.0% | |
| Software Engineer I | 1 | $100,351 | +6.9% | |
| Supervising Technical Director | 1 | $178,506 | +36.3% | |
| Systems Administrator, Engineering | 1 | $145,768 | +53.6% | |
| Technical Resource Administrator | 1 | $48,309 | +0.6% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Glendale, CA | 61 | $122,387 |
| Burbank, CA | 4 | $128,648 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $103,979 |
| Gleandale, CA | 1 | $98,384 |
| Irving, TX | 1 | $145,000 |
| Long Beach, CA | 1 | $85,717 |
| Pasadena, CA | 1 | $132,275 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $160,000 |
By visa type: 65 H-1B, 7 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 59 certified, 12 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
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 DreamWorks Animation LLC 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.