Special Effects Artists and Animators
Occupation · SOC 2018 27-1014 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 27-1014
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.10%
- Applications on record
- 12,628
- FY2025
- 455
- Median offered wage
- $118,852
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.6%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Special Effects Artists and Animators (SOC 27-1014). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Special Effects Artists and Animators
Data table
| FY2008 | 78 |
| FY2009 | 194 |
| FY2010 | 733 |
| FY2011 | 700 |
| FY2012 | 782 |
| FY2013 | 554 |
| FY2014 | 703 |
| FY2015 | 733 |
| FY2016 | 832 |
| FY2017 | 843 |
| FY2018 | 1,096 |
| FY2019 | 1,084 |
| FY2020 | 790 |
| FY2021 | 838 |
| FY2022 | 779 |
| FY2023 | 593 |
| FY2024 | 523 |
| FY2025 | 455 |
| FY2026* | 318 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 218 | 100 |
| FY2025 | 339 | 116 |
| FY2024 | 372 | 151 |
| FY2023 | 403 | 190 |
| FY2022 | 567 | 212 |
| FY2021 | 528 | 310 |
| FY2020 | 538 | 252 |
| FY2019 | 761 | 323 |
| FY2018 | 677 | 419 |
| FY2017 | 596 | 247 |
| FY2016 | 559 | 273 |
| FY2015 | 560 | 173 |
| FY2014 | 570 | 133 |
| FY2013 | 499 | 55 |
| FY2012 | 656 | 126 |
| FY2011 | 618 | 82 |
| FY2010 | 576 | 157 |
| FY2009 | 134 | 60 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 78 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Google LLC436
- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.414
- Microsoft Corporation332
- Electronic Arts, Inc.295
- Dreamworks Animation LLC260
- Pixar246
- Activision Publishing, Inc.246
- Riot Games, Inc.201
- Facebook, Inc.170
- Apple Inc.168
- Pacific Data Images, Inc.134
- The Mill Group, Inc.129
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Special Effects Artists and Animators: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 7,701 |
| NY | 1,782 |
| WA | 843 |
| TX | 356 |
| FL | 280 |
| GA | 251 |
| MA | 207 |
| IL | 135 |
| NC | 121 |
| CT | 120 |
| NJ | 113 |
| MI | 70 |
| MD | 66 |
| PA | 64 |
| UT | 63 |
| OR | 61 |
| NV | 52 |
| VA | 43 |
| MN | 39 |
| CO | 38 |
| DC | 30 |
| OH | 29 |
| WI | 27 |
| AZ | 17 |
| MO | 15 |
| TN | 15 |
| OK | 12 |
| KS | 11 |
| IA | 9 |
| LA | 9 |
| SC | 7 |
| HI | 6 |
| IN | 6 |
| KY | 6 |
| MT | 5 |
| RI | 5 |
| DE | 4 |
| NH | 2 |
| NM | 2 |
| AR | 2 |
| VT | 2 |
| ND | 1 |
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,830
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,310
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,839
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,208
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA841
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA265
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA224
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH201
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX151
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX148
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $118,852; middle half $90,000 to $154,000 · median prevailing wage $101,546 (marker) · 906 applications.
- Level I212
- Level II289
- Level III173
- Level IV230
- Animator344
- Multimedia Artist174
- Technical Artist169
- Concept Artist160
- 3D Artist157
- Product Designer151
- Designer128
- Product Design106
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
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