Visa Wage Index

Microsoft Corporation: Special Effects Artists and Animators

Microsoft Corporation made 9 filings for this role, covering 9 positions, and across them committed to pay at least a median of $184,288 a year. 9 of the 9 state a minimum and no maximum, so that median is a median of floors.

By place and level

WhereLevelWage yearFilingsPositions LowestMedianHighestPrevailing
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level III 2025-26 4 4 $178,260 $184,288 $185,895 $146,286
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $154,000 $154,784 $155,568 $115,523
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $219,900 $219,900 $219,900 $131,602
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $155,000 $155,000 $155,000 $108,243
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $208,321 $208,321 $208,321 $177,050

Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.