2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Offered base salaries from 122 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 6 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Sony Interactive Entertainment's certified filings offered $166,962 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $145,700 and $192,500. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$177,300$86k – $303k62
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$180,292$115k – $208k12
Data Scientists$163,900$136k – $212k10
Operations Research Analysts$132,101$93k – $175k7
Computer and Information Systems Managers$200,907$185k – $237k5
Database Administrators$192,500$150k – $198k4
Financial Managers$183,800$150k – $188k3
Information Security Analysts$134,600$130k – $146k3
Special Effects Artists and Animators$109,100$104k – $142k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$187,700$98k – $303k54
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$163,900$109k – $206k39
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$150,100$105k – $212k17
Madison, WI$155,000$115k – $156k4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$172,100$136k – $207k3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$104,201$93k – $143k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Sony Interactive Entertainment's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Francisco$187,70024+0.6%
Software Developers — San Diego$172,10023+5.4%
Software Developers — Los Angeles$150,1007−6.7%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Francisco$195,5007+45.2%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
122 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Sony Interactive Entertainment's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.