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Companies hiring Special Effects Artists and Animators: 1,682 certified H-1B and PERM cases, FY2023 to FY2026
506 employers had 1,682 certified H-1B and PERM cases for Special Effects Artists and Animators (occupation code 27-1014) across 29 states, decided through June 30, 2026; the median offered wage is $110,365 a year.
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- 27-1014Occupation code (SOC)
Certified cases by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Cases |
|---|
| FY2023 | 502 |
| FY2024 | 499 |
| FY2025 | 383 |
| FY2026 | 298 |
By state
| State | Cases | Employers | Median offered |
|---|
| California | 808 | 203 | $123,660 |
| New York | 152 | 90 | $90,355 |
| Washington | 121 | 28 | $154,000 |
| Texas | 50 | 24 | $100,000 |
| Massachusetts | 34 | 16 | $94,500 |
| Georgia | 32 | 24 | $67,267 |
| Florida | 28 | 15 | $70,000 |
| New Jersey | 26 | 20 | $111,250 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 9 | $55,573 |
| North Carolina | 15 | 6 | $117,521 |
| Nevada | 14 | 4 | $93,982 |
| Illinois | 12 | 9 | $66,341 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | 3 | $94,270 |
| Maryland | 7 | 4 | $80,683 |
| Oregon | 7 | 6 | $92,700 |
| Utah | 5 | 3 | $62,400 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 3 | $86,500 |
| Virginia | 4 | 4 | $69,500 |
| Michigan | 4 | 4 | $89,408 |
| Arizona | 4 | 3 | $80,000 |
| Iowa | 3 | 1 | $75,275 |
| Ohio | 3 | 3 | $69,593 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 1 | $53,102 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 2 | $103,000 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | $88,809 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | $80,000 |
| Missouri | 1 | 1 | $90,577 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 1 | $71,585 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | $76,939 |
Employers with the most cases
| Employer | Address | Cases |
|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Redmond, WA | 109 |
| Google LLC | Mountain View, CA | 95 |
| Activision Publishing Inc | Santa Monica, CA | 91 |
| Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | Irvine, CA | 91 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino, CA | 67 |
| Snap Inc. | Santa Monica, CA | 46 |
| ByteDance Inc. | San Jose, CA | 36 |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | Redwood City, CA | 32 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Menlo Park, CA | 30 |
| Riot Games, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 26 |
| Technicolor Creative Services USA, Inc. | Culver City, CA | 24 |
| Visual Concepts Entertainment | Novato, CA | 22 |
| Tencent America LLC | Palo Alto, CA | 22 |
| DreamWorks Animation LLC | Glendale, CA | 21 |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | San Mateo, CA | 20 |
| Rockstar San Diego, Inc. | Carlsbad, CA | 20 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Seattle, WA | 19 |
| Electronic Arts - Tiburon, a Florida Corporation | Redwood City, CA | 18 |
| BUCK Design, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 18 |
| Naughty Dog a limited liability company | Santa Monica, CA | 17 |
| Rockstar New England, Inc. | Andover, MA | 14 |
| TikTok Inc. | Culver City, CA | 14 |
| Framestore, Inc | New York, NY | 13 |
| 2K Games, Inc. | Novato, CA | 12 |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | Culver City, CA | 12 |
| LNW Gaming, Inc. | Las Vegas, NV | 11 |
| Ingenuity Studios, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 10 |
| Pixar | Emeryville, CA | 10 |
| Epic Games, Inc. | Cary, NC | 10 |
| Rockstar Games, Inc. | New York, NY | 9 |
| Bungie, Inc. | Bellevue, WA | 9 |
| JAMM Visual Inc. | Culver City, CA | 8 |
| Hornet Animations, Inc. | New York, NY | 7 |
| Valve Corporation | Bellevue, WA | 7 |
| Laundry Design, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 7 |
| Company 3 / Method, Inc. | Santa Monica, CA | 7 |
| Certified Kernel Tech LLC | New York, NY | 7 |
| ZeniMax Media Inc. | Rockville, MD | 6 |
| Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. | Irvine, CA | 6 |
| Zynga, Inc. | San Mateo, CA | 5 |
| The Harbor Picture Company, Inc. | New York, NY | 5 |
| Schell Games LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | 5 |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | Bentonville, AR | 5 |
| 1047 Games, Inc. | Zephyr Cove, NV | 5 |
| Genies, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 5 |
| Verkada, Inc | San Mateo, CA | 5 |
| Brand New School LLC | New York, NY | 5 |
| Deviation Games, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 5 |
| BLNG Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | 4 |
| Param Healthcare & IT services, Inc | Iselin, NJ | 4 |
| The New York Times Company | New York, NY | 4 |
| Scopely, Inc. | Culver City, CA | 4 |
| Lucid USA, Inc. | Newark, CA | 4 |
| Netflix Global LLC | Los Gatos, CA | 4 |
| Sigma Games LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | 4 |
| Crafty Apes LLC | El Segundo, CA | 4 |
| Epic Games | Cary, NC | 4 |
| Reel FX, Inc. | Dallas, TX | 3 |
| Vertisystem Inc. | Fremont, CA | 3 |
| Samsung Research America, Inc. | Mountain View, CA | 3 |
| Sapient Corporation | Boston, MA | 3 |
| SciPlay Games, LLC | Cedar Falls, IA | 3 |
| ProbablyMonsters Inc. | Fort Worth, TX | 3 |
| Certain Affinity, Inc. | Austin, TX | 3 |
| Refik Anadol Studio, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 3 |
| Niantic, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 3 |
| House of Parliament, LLC | Culver City, CA | 3 |
| American General Life Insurance Company | Jersey City, NJ | 3 |
| Houzz, Inc. | Palo Alto, CA | 3 |
| Krikey, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 3 |
| Loyal Health, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | 3 |
| Manticore Games Inc | San Mateo, CA | 3 |
| Adobe Inc. | San Jose, CA | 3 |
| thatgamecompany, Inc. | Santa Monica, CA | 3 |
| Telenav, Inc. | Santa Clara, CA | 3 |
| Firaxis Games, Inc. | Sparks, MD | 3 |
| Petty Karma Interactive LLC | Austin, TX | 3 |
| ImmersiveTouch, Inc | Chicago, IL | 3 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Austin, TX | 3 |
| Cantina Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | 3 |
| Make, LLC | Minneapolis, MN | 3 |
| Xite LLC | Calabasas, CA | 3 |
| Dream Machine FX Media LLC | Newton, MA | 3 |
| Firewalk Studios LLC | Bellevue, WA | 3 |
| Maplebear Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 3 |
| Exim Online Corporation | Miami, FL | 3 |
| Blockfish, Inc. | San Jose, CA | 3 |
| XYZ Graphics, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 3 |
| Arrivant, Inc. | North Hollywood, CA | 3 |
| The Mill Group, Inc. | New York, | 3 |
| Specs Inc. | Santa Monica, CA | 2 |
| F9 LLC | Lakewood, CO | 2 |
| TetraMem Inc. | Fremont, CA | 2 |
| Yarewin LLC | Burlington, MA | 2 |
| Insomniac Games, Inc. | San Mateo, CA | 2 |
| WET | Sun Valley, CA | 2 |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | 2 |
| Alden Studios LLC | New York, NY | 2 |
| Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA | 2 |
| Omnicom Production LLC | New York, NY | 2 |
| Escape Velocity Entertainment, Inc. | Thompsons Station, TN | 2 |
| Xvivo LLC | Wethersfield, CT | 2 |
| Neureal LLC | Sunnyvale, CA | 2 |
| Eclair Games LLC | City Of Industry, CA | 2 |
| Uneven Labs Inc | Cocoa, FL | 2 |
| Blue Mammoth Games, LLC. | Alpharetta, GA | 2 |
| Netflix Animation, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| Lanternal Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| Robotproof, LLC | Venice, CA | 2 |
| Viacom International Services Inc. | New York, NY | 2 |
| Dexian, LLC | McLean, VA | 2 |
| Magic Fuel Games Inc. | Pleasanton, CA | 2 |
| Upstart Network, Inc. | San Mateo, CA | 2 |
| Squarespace, Inc. | New York, NY | 2 |
| Bert the Spider LLC | Flower Mound, TX | 2 |
| CD PROJEKT RED Inc. | Waltham, MA | 2 |
| The Secret Lab | Burbank, CA | 2 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | 2 |
| Possible, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| Blacksmithny LLC | New York, NY | 2 |
| Gradient Effects, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| Deutsch LA, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara, CA | 2 |
| Gamevision Corporation | Naperville, IL | 2 |
| Spatial Systems Inc. | New York, NY | 2 |
| Hunter Douglas Inc. | Broomfield, CO | 2 |
| HeyGen Technology Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| ArtSpark Studio, LLC | Pleasanton, CA | 2 |
| Bigstar Motion Design, Inc. | New York, NY | 2 |
| Carbon Visual Effects, LLC | Chicago, IL | 2 |
| UWorld, LLC | Dallas, TX | 2 |
| Petrol Advertising, Inc. | Burbank, CA | 2 |
| IPG Health, LLC | New York, NY | 2 |
| Bonfire Studios, Inc. | Irvine, CA | 2 |
| Creata (USA) Inc. | Oakbrook Terrace, IL | 2 |
| Elsevier, Inc. | Alpharetta, GA | 2 |
| Vuw LLC | Brooklyn, NY | 2 |
| Alkaid Studios Ltd | Spokane, WA | 2 |
| Scripps Networks, LLC | New York, NY | 2 |
| Super Free Games, Inc. | Concord, CA | 2 |
| Insight Global, LLC | Atlanta, GA | 2 |
| Cheeky Granny Inc. | West Hollywood, CA | 2 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Sunnyvale, CA | 2 |
| Reddit, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 2 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 2 |
| Oxide Interactive, Inc. | Timonium, MD | 2 |
| NetApp, Inc. | San Jose, CA | 2 |
| Vigo Industries | New York, NY | 2 |
| Unity Technologies SF | San Francisco, CA | 2 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | Santa Clara, CA | 2 |
| Samsung Electronics America, Inc. | Ridgefield Park, NJ | 2 |
| Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. | Alpharetta, | 2 |
| Adolescent, Inc | New York, | 2 |
| Pound Sand LLC | El Segundo, | 2 |
| Black Math Inc | Boston, MA | 2 |
| Neural Image Corporation | Bellevue, WA | 2 |
| Vt Pro Buck LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 2 |
| DBOX, Inc. | New York, NY | 2 |
| Netease Information Technology Corporation | Pasadena, CA | 2 |
| Gearbox Software LLC | Frisco, TX | 2 |
| Illumix Inc | Oxnard, CA | 2 |
| Laika LLC | Hillsboro, OR | 2 |
| AnChain.ai, Inc. | San Jose, CA | 2 |
| Wizards of the Coast LLC | Renton, WA | 2 |
| SPINVFX America, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | 2 |
| ABBA Biotech Corp. | Cupertino, CA | 2 |
| Steamroller Studios LLC | Mount Dora, FL | 2 |
| Crazy Maple Studio, Inc | Sunnyvale, | 2 |
| Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Phoenix, AZ | 2 |
| InnoPeak Technology, Inc. | Palo Alto, CA | 2 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | New York, NY | 2 |
| ClassDojo, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 2 |
| Jam City, Inc. | Culver City, CA | 2 |
| Launchvox, Inc | Sacramento, CA | 1 |
| Synopsys, Inc. | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 |
| CoSA VFX, Inc. | North Hollywood, CA | 1 |
| Aligned Pictures LLC | Glendale, CA | 1 |
| Wildlight Entertainment, Inc. | Woodland Hills, CA | 1 |
| Volley Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| Scout Motors Inc. | Columbia, SC | 1 |
| SparksGlo LLC | Irvine, CA | 1 |
| Gallagher & Associates LLC | Washington, DC | 1 |
| Css Distributions Inc | North Hollywood, CA | 1 |
| Temprimental Films Inc | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| 3W Auto Accessory Inc | Oceanside, NY | 1 |
| Accenture LLP | Chicago, IL | 1 |
| Aquajo Studios Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Devco Studios | Sacramento, CA | 1 |
| Sharecare Operating Company, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | 1 |
| Phantom World Limited | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Genesis Global Recruiting, Inc. | Miramar, FL | 1 |
| Association for World Chinese Contemporary Artists, Inc. | Flushing, NY | 1 |
| Skydance Animation, LLC | Santa Monica, CA | 1 |
| Preymaker LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| The Univision Network Limited Partnership | Miami, FL | 1 |
| Genesis Health Clubs Management, Inc. | Wichita, KS | 1 |
| Notion Labs, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| Palisades Post, LLC | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 1 |
| Simply Business, LLC | Boston, MA | 1 |
| Create Advertising Group, LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| State Design Studios, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| E & E Co., Ltd. | Fremont, CA | 1 |
| Publicis USA Production Solutions, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| Modular Battery Technologies, Inc | Portland, OR | 1 |
| Yang&Xin Inc | Beaverton, OR | 1 |
| Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | 1 |
| Mocap NYC LLC | Union City, NJ | 1 |
| Figma, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| GlobalLogic Inc. | Santa Clara, CA | 1 |
| Logan Media Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Craftsman Plus, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| WorkandCo International, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | 1 |
| Thornberg & Forester, Inc. | Selinsgrove, PA | 1 |
| Singularity 6 Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Airbnb, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| Interlinc Mortgage Services, LLC | Houston, TX | 1 |
| OKC USA Holding Inc. | San Jose, CA | 1 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | 1 |
| Heavy Industry | Calabasas, CA | 1 |
| NYU Langone Health System | New York, NY | 1 |
| Bellota Labs, Inc. | Redwood City, CA | 1 |
| JLH Experiential LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Sena Advertising Inc. | San Diego, CA | 1 |
| Halon Entertainment LLC | Glendale, CA | 1 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL | 1 |
| Michigan Blueprint Strategies, LLC | Detroit, MI | 1 |
| Chowbus, Inc. | Chicago, IL | 1 |
| Rouge Mocap Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Cineric, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| Collaboration Reverberation, Inc. | Solana Beach, CA | 1 |
| Frost Giant Studios, Inc. | Irvine, CA | 1 |
| Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC | Austin, TX | 1 |
| Nelson Worldwide, LLC | Minneapolis, MN | 1 |
| Kuku Studios, Inc. | Berkeley, CA | 1 |
| DK Crown Holdings Inc. | Boston, MA | 1 |
| HubSpot, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | 1 |
| Miller Creative, Inc. | Chicago, IL | 1 |
| M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| Davidoff of Geneva USA, Inc. | Pinellas Park, FL | 1 |
| The Glimpse Group, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| Webber Films LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| C C U Service, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| WALO Creative, Inc | El Paso, TX | 1 |
| Nasdaq, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| Nature Restore Inc | Brea, CA | 1 |
| Sibling Rivalry Studio LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Elite Wheel Distributors, Inc. | Tampa, FL | 1 |
| Skyluck, LLC. | Lithonia, GA | 1 |
| BridgeNext CX, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | 1 |
| Duolingo, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 |
| Moback, Inc. | Fremont, CA | 1 |
| Aether Ny LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| 5Dlight Inc. | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 1 |
| Powerhouse Gaming, Inc. | Loomis, CA | 1 |
| Quanata, LLC | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| Macguffin Films Ltd | New York, NY | 1 |
| Sturdy. Co LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Arocha and Jaquez DMD PA | Plantation, FL | 1 |
| Point in Time Productions, Inc | Tempe, AZ | 1 |
| Perfect Day Productions Inc. | Seattle, WA | 1 |
| Tideform Studio, LLC | San Francisco, CA | 1 |
| DigitalFish, Inc. | San Mateo, CA | 1 |
| Propoint Graphics LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Music Land School | San Leandro, CA | 1 |
| Nekcom Inc | San Jose, CA | 1 |
| Sh8pe Design Inc | Flushing, NY | 1 |
| R2C USA LLC | Duluth, GA | 1 |
| JDX Studio LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Oros Gaming | Reno, NV | 1 |
| Quantum Signal AI, LLC | Saline, MI | 1 |
| Mellis, Inc. | Palo Alto, CA | 1 |
| TeamSuccess LLC dba HiEd Success | Alpharetta, GA | 1 |
| TDY Warehousing LLC | City of Industry, CA | 1 |
| Mistold Games Inc | Rosemead, CA | 1 |
| Valiants Racing, LLC | Savannah, GA | 1 |
| Code and Theory LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Applied Intuition, Inc. | Mountain View, CA | 1 |
| The Working Assembly LLC | New York, NY | 1 |
| Crazy Maple Studio, Inc. | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 |
| The Law Offices of Daniel Kim, Corporation | Costa Mesa, CA | 1 |
| Epigraph LLC | Kansas City, MO | 1 |
| The Artery VFX, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| Golden Mountain International LLC | Davis, CA | 1 |
| AKQA, Inc. | New York, NY | 1 |
| Rising Digital Corporation | Las Vegas, NV | 1 |
| Calliope Experinces LLC | Culver City, CA | 1 |
| JJLabs, LLC | Miami, FL | 1 |
| Fortinet, Inc. | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 |
| Pariah LLC | Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. | Savannah, GA | 1 |
| ForwardXP Inc. | Dallas, TX | 1 |
| Topgreen US Corporation | Montclair, CA | 1 |
| Forward Technology Group Inc | Dallas, TX | 1 |
| Bela Technologies Inc | Rensselaer, NY | 1 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | Naples, FL | 1 |
| Jadu AR, Inc. | Culver City, CA | 1 |
| Animatrik Virtual Production Inc. | Newport Beach, CA | 1 |
| Woodruff Communications STL LLC | St. Louis, MO | 1 |
| Roundex Inc | Newark, CA | 1 |
| Iron Galaxy Orlando, LLC | Orlando, FL | 1 |
Updated June 30, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Public domain (U.S. government work). A certified labor condition application (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) or PERM labor certification is an employer filing the Department of Labor approved. It is not a count of people hired or visas issued. Wages are as the employer filed them, converted to a yearly figure at 2,080 hours; a wage whose unit is missing is left blank. The files show the first worksite of a case. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.