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Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
409
FY2025 applications
20
FY2026 to 30 June
18
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$138,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. appears in 409 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 20.

Applications by fiscal year — Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

1733FY2009FY2011FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
1733FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20097
FY201012
FY201120
FY201225
FY201317
FY201424
FY201517
FY201624
FY201732
FY201830
FY201922
FY202023
FY202122
FY202232
FY202331
FY202433
FY202520
FY2026*18
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*117
FY2025182
FY2024276
FY2023229
FY2022320
FY2021220
FY2020221
FY2019202
FY2018255
FY2017266
FY2016186
FY2015161
FY2014195
FY2013143
FY2012187
FY2011182
FY2010120
FY200970
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA398
NY4
TX3
OH2
FL1
IL1
Worksite states
  1. California398
  2. New York4
  3. Texas3
  4. Ohio2
  5. Florida1
  6. Illinois1
Worksite cities
  1. Culver City, CA383
  2. San Diego, CA9
  3. New York City, NY4
  4. Mason, OH2
  5. Prosper, TX2
  6. San Jose, CA1
  7. Pasadena, CA1
  8. Chicago, IL1
  9. Richmond, TX1
  10. Miami, FL1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers96
  2. Computer Systems Analysts85
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other59
  4. Computer and Information Systems Managers33
  5. Accountants and Auditors32
  6. Purchasing Managers16
  7. Financial and Investment Analysts14
  8. Data Scientists10
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Manager, Application Lead11
  2. Senior Software Engineer11
  3. Senior Business Analyst (IT)8
  4. Software Engineer6
  5. Senior Financial Analyst6
  6. Senior Business Analyst5
  7. Senior Software Engineer (java)5
  8. Manager, Senior Application Lead4

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $138,000; middle half $115,250 to $159,000 · median prevailing wage $119,995 (marker) · 55 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II16
  3. Level III20
  4. Level IV19
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India36
  2. Canada6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

1019FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
1019FY2010FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY201015
FY201113
FY20129
FY201311
FY201412
FY20155
FY201617
FY201719
FY201813
FY201912
FY202015
FY202113
FY202218
FY20237
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20230071
FY202230151
FY202100131
FY202040110
FY201910110
FY201800130
FY201700190
FY201600171
FY20150050
FY201410110
FY20132090
FY20120090
FY201120110
FY201020130
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Erickson Immigration Group17
  2. Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. has 409 work visa applications on record (FY2009–FY2026), ranking #550 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #3,480 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.02% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
550 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
3,480 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.02%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 512) in California
387
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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