Naughty Dog a limited liability company

Information · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#5,835 top sponsor

Overview

Naughty Dog a limited liability company is a Information employer that has filed 14 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #5,835 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 12 were certified (85.7% approval rate), taking about 365 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Multimedia artist and animator, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $100,000.

14

PERM filings

85.7%

approval

1

denied

$100,000

median wage

365d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 7 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CANADA (29%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Canada2
  • China2
  • Germany1
  • Ukraine1
  • India1

Prior visa status

  • O-13
  • TN2
  • H-1B2

Education

  • Other3
  • Master's2
  • Bachelor's2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Naughty Dog a limited liability company most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Multimedia artist and animator 4 $75,250
Special Effects Artists and Animators 3 $137,317
Video Game Designers 1 $60,000
Computer Systems Analysts 1 $132,400
Computer Programmers 1 $90,000
Multimedia Artists Animators 1 $86,000
Art Director 1 $158,450
Software Developers, Applications 1 $100,000

Common job titles

Character Artist 2 Game Designer 1 Animation Programmer 1 Systems Engineer 1 Character Technical Director/Rigger 1 Principal Texture Artist 1 Graphics Programmer (Game Team) 1 Concept Artist 1 Animator (Technical) 1 Lead Character Technical Director 1 Outsourcing Production Artist 1 Game Programmer (Tools) 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$75,000

25th

$100,000

median

$135,000

75th

$140,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP7
  • Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP6
  • Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24326-491243 Game DesignerCertified Santa Monica, CA Mar 30, 2026
G-100-24311-457357 Animation ProgrammerCertified Santa Monica, CA Mar 19, 2026
G-100-24309-450952 Systems EngineerCertified Santa Monica, CA Mar 14, 2026
G-100-24191-183134 Character Technical Director/RiggerCertified Santa Monica, CA Dec 2, 2025
G-100-24051-734038 Graphics Programmer (Game Team)Certified Santa Monica, CA Jun 23, 2025
G-100-24016-642486 Principal Texture ArtistCertified Santa Monica, CA May 22, 2025
G-100-23186-166969 Senior Texture ArtistCertified Santa Monica, CA Sep 18, 2024
A-20293-11433 Character ArtistCertified Santa Monica, CA Sep 3, 2021
A-19305-78330 Lead Character Technical DirectorCertified Santa Monica, CA Sep 16, 2020
A-20057-23939 Outsourcing Production ArtistCertified Santa Monica, CA Aug 4, 2020
A-20062-25562 Game Programmer (Tools)Certified Santa Monica, CA Aug 4, 2020
A-19127-01765 Character ArtistDenied Santa Monica, CA Jul 13, 2020
A-18194-97164 Concept ArtistCertified Santa Monica, CA Apr 3, 2020
A-19229-45637 Animator (Technical)Certified-Expired Santa Monica, CA Jan 2, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.