Riot Games, Inc.

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#353 top sponsor

Overview

Riot Games, Inc. is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 199 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #353 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 122 were certified (61.3% approval rate), taking about 329 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Applications, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $150,000.

199

PERM filings

61.3%

approval

7

denied

$150,000

median wage

329d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 125 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (21%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China26
  • Canada24
  • India14
  • Turkey9
  • South Korea5
  • Brazil5
  • United Kingdom5
  • Taiwan5
  • Chile3
  • France3

Prior visa status

  • H-1B67
  • L-123
  • O-118
  • TN10
  • E-33
  • F-13
  • H-1B11

Education

  • Bachelor's54
  • Master's50
  • None21

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Riot Games, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Applications 22 $169,445
Software Developers 19 $161,242
Computer and Information Systems Managers 18 $199,559
Multimedia Artists and Animators 16 $113,291
Software Developers, Systems Software 14 $152,584
Project Management Specialists 10 $142,600
Special Effects Artists and Animators 8 $133,256
Computer Systems Analysts 7 $145,045
Marketing Managers 6 $148,502
Video Game Designers 5 $121,673

Common job titles

Software Engineer 16 Software Engineer II 10 Associate Software Engineer 10 Concept Artist 5 Software Engineer III 4 Animator 3 Localization Producer II 3 Manager, Software Engineering 3 Network Engineer 3 Visual Design Artist II 3 Insights Analyst II 3 Senior Development Manager 3

Worksite states

CA 196 WA 2 MD 1

Wage range

$125,760

25th

$150,000

median

$170,000

75th

$198,078

90th

Law firms used

  • Erickson Immigration Group196
  • Mitchell Silberberg Knupp LLP2
  • Jackson Lewis P.C.1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-20148-58900 Environment ArtistCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Dec 17, 2020
A-20070-28679 Development ManagerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Oct 23, 2020
A-19276-66242 Senior Development ManagerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Oct 20, 2020
A-20066-27546 Senior Visual DesignerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Oct 13, 2020
A-20034-14725 Player Support ProducerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-19249-54597 Concept ArtistCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Aug 21, 2020
A-20073-30444 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Jul 24, 2020
A-20031-13903 Product Manager - eSportsCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Jul 15, 2020
A-20015-07037 Level DesignerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Jun 4, 2020
A-19308-78749 Senior Development ManagerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Apr 10, 2020
A-19310-79875 Infrastructure EngineerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Apr 9, 2020
A-19249-54510 Product ManagerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Mar 23, 2020
A-19252-55008 Publishing Coordinator, China Games TeamCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Mar 18, 2020
A-19133-04535 Engineering ManagerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Mar 2, 2020
A-19218-40486 Senior Network EngineerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Dec 30, 2019
A-19218-40328 Senior Network EngineerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Dec 16, 2019
A-19225-43930 Video Game DesignerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Dec 10, 2019
A-19218-40429 Network EngineerCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Dec 9, 2019
A-19210-36731 Manager of International StrategyCertified - Expired Los Angeles, CA Nov 27, 2019

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