Senior Software Development Engineer in Test at Sony
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Sony pay a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test on an H-1B?
$160k Sony has filed 17 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2019 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $160k. Most of those filings fall between $140k and $180k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
17
Median base salary
$160k
Middle 50%
$140k to $180k
Filings and pay by year
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test at Sony, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 1 | $188k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $192k |
| FY2024 | 3 | $164k |
| FY2023 | 1 | $181k |
| FY2022 | 5 | $153k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $144k |
| FY2019 | 4 | $140k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | 10 | $177k |
| San Diego, CA | 3 | $138k |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $152k |
| Newark, CA | 1 | $139k |
| San Mateo, CA | 1 | $188k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 1 | $136k |
| Level III | 15 | $164k |
| Level IV | 1 | $138k |
Other roles Sony sponsors
Software Engineer II 205Senior Software Engineer 155Software Engineer I 67Staff Software Engineer 56Sr. Software Engineer 52Software Engineer 45Cloud Operations Engineer 20Data Scientist 19Software Development Engineer in Test II 18Senior Site Reliability Engineer 17Manager, Software Engineering 15Senior Business Analyst 13