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Special Effects Artists and Animators H-1B salaries

The median wage offered on certified H-1B applications for Special Effects Artists and Animators stood at $126,443 in FY2025, according to the Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure data.

Standard Occupational Classification 27-1014. The Department of Labor certified 276 H-1B applications for it in FY2025, from 120 employers; the median is over the 242 full-time offers paid by the year, and half of them were between $90,411 and $161,977.

Every fiscal year

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Certified H-1B applications for Special Effects Artists and Animators and the median offered wage, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearCertifiedMedian offered wage
FY2026 to June 2026186$127,150
FY2025276$126,443
FY2024293$126,000

The open fiscal year is to date, and is not set against a whole one. Wages are in each year’s dollars. How the wage is read.

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Compiled automatically from U.S. Department of Labor — LCA Disclosure Data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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