Zynga

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 31 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Software Publishers
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Mateo, CA
Median base salary$144,144+17% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$117.4k–$165.4k
Level III (senior) share39%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$144,144the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Pays at a high floor. 81% of filings are at exactly the prevailing wage, which at Zynga's jobs and locations has a median of $144,144.

Is your Zynga offer competitive?

Enter the base salary in your offer. We compare it with Zynga's certified filings for the same job.

10th $108.8k25th $117.4kmedian $144.1k75th $165.4k90th $187.6k

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Percentiles from Zynga's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Zynga hires for

Bar: share of Zynga's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 97% of filings (11 occupations in total).

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$158,67312

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Zynga.

Pay by level

–Level I
Entry-level · 0% of filings
$126.7kLevel II
Mid-level · 35% of filings
$134.8kLevel III
Senior · 39% of filings
too fewLevel IV
Expert · 26% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $126,693 11
Senior · Level III $134,784 12
Expert · Level IV too few 8

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Zynga files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Austin, TX$123,51110

Salary details

Median salary$144,144
Middle 50%$117.4k–$165.4k
vs. all employers+17%comparison median $122,699
Filings31FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $92,142 and $210,878.
PercentileSalary
10th$108,826
25th$117,377
50th (median)$144,144
75th$165,371
90th$187,574

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2020: median $124,732 (27 filings) FY2021: median $113,511 (30 filings) FY2022: median $120,000 (16 filings) FY2023: median $135,000 (32 filings) FY2024: median $119,507 (22 filings) FY2025: median $144,144 (13 filings) FY2026: median $150,395 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 27 filings FY20 FY2021: 30 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 32 filings FY23 FY2024: 22 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 18 filings FY26 32
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$124,732$93,150$145,15027
FY2021$113,511$100,000$128,13330
FY2022$120,000$108,250$133,68216
FY2023$135,000$109,274$165,77732
FY2024$119,507$114,114$154,31122
FY2025$144,144$108,971$151,69413
FY2026$150,395$122,568$180,90818

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$144,144
Median prevailing wage$144,144
Median difference0.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage81%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Zynga

Zynga's filings list its industry as Software Publishers (Information sector, NAICS 5132). Its main U.S. filing address is in San Mateo, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Data Scientist and Systems Engineer / Architect and the main metro areas are Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA and Los Angeles, CA. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does Zynga sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Zynga filed 31 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Zynga pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Zynga's H-1B filings is $144,144; half of filings fall between $117,377 and $165,371. Bonus and stock are not included.