H1B Report
Salary comparison

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 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
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1041Rank #100

Key metrics

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

MetricAgricultural Sciences Teachers, PostsecondarySoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$105,012$81,600
P25 wage$80,250$68,715
P75 wage$147,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$66,750$31,290
Total filings6,089375,227
Wage samples6,017374,517
Rank#100#4

Median wage by year

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

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$88k
FY2011$89k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$89k
FY2015$88k
FY2016$98k
FY2017$98k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$101k
FY2020$108k
FY2021$110k
FY2022$121k
FY2023$121k
FY2024$120k
FY2025$130k
FY2026$128k
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$70k
FY2012$68k
FY2013$68k
FY2014$69k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$71k
FY2017$74k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$88k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$97k
FY2023$98k
FY2024$100k
FY2025$103k
FY2026$107k

Top 5 hiring states — Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY486$115,000
  • 2TX466$110,776
  • 3CA422$105,000
  • 4MA261$118,077
  • 5FL254$96,829

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA70,691$96,325
  • 2TX39,545$83,303
  • 3NJ23,688$72,630
  • 4WA20,111$88,000
  • 5IL18,114$74,880

Top 5 sponsors — Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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