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
G-100-24274-375072 Associate Game Producer - VALORANTCertified Los Angeles, CA Feb 20, 2026
G-100-24274-375189 Manager, Insights - Publishing Live OpsCertified Los Angeles, CA Feb 20, 2026
G-100-24273-372461 Technical Product Manager IIICertified Los Angeles, CA Feb 20, 2026
G-100-24241-301038 Sr. Manager, Rules & ComplianceCertified Los Angeles, CA Jan 30, 2026
G-100-24215-240763 Publishing Operations IIICertified Los Angeles, CA Jan 6, 2026
G-100-25364-517843 Staff Software Engineer (multiple positions)Withdrawn Mercer Island, WA Dec 30, 2025
G-100-25351-491313 People Systems Analyst IIIWithdrawn Los Angeles, CA Dec 28, 2025
G-100-24190-179849 Technology Strategist IIICertified Los Angeles, CA Dec 10, 2025
G-100-24159-086769 Manager, Security EngineeringCertified Los Angeles, CA Sep 30, 2025
G-100-24162-090590 Database EngineerCertified Los Angeles, CA Sep 30, 2025
G-100-24162-091635 Senior AccountantCertified Los Angeles, CA Sep 30, 2025
G-100-24164-102716 Localization Producer IICertified Los Angeles, CA Sep 30, 2025
G-100-25273-344595 ERP Applications Analyst IIIWithdrawn Los Angeles, CA Sep 30, 2025
G-100-24159-087234 Localization Producer IICertified Los Angeles, CA Sep 30, 2025
G-100-25230-247963 Systems Engineer IIIWithdrawn Los Angeles, CA Aug 29, 2025
G-100-24274-373443 Product Manager IIIWithdrawn Los Angeles, CA Aug 28, 2025
G-100-24075-803279 Accountant IIICertified Los Angeles, CA Jul 14, 2025
G-100-24067-779341 Sr. Mgr, Technical Program Mgmt-Infrastructure Platform, RDXCertified Los Angeles, CA Jul 11, 2025
G-100-24043-711672 Director, Chief of StaffCertified Los Angeles, CA Jun 18, 2025
G-100-23361-592970 Illustration Craft LeadCertified Los Angeles, CA Jun 10, 2025

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