H1B Report
Salary comparison

Accountants and Auditors vs Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Accountants and Auditors
SOC 13-2011Rank #8

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricAccountants and AuditorsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$84,240$96,000
P25 wage$67,205$80,433
P75 wage$110,000$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,795$35,610
Total filings57,049134,517
Wage samples56,949134,348
Rank#8#4

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Accountants and Auditors
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Accountants and Auditors

  • 1CA14,061$90,000
  • 2NY8,967$90,979
  • 3TX5,941$75,813
  • 4IL3,089$80,080
  • 5NJ2,969$96,000

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA24,239$121,000
  • 2TX20,135$93,558
  • 3NJ7,654$97,053
  • 4NC6,536$93,416
  • 5GA6,364$90,604

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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