H1B Report
Salary comparison

Art Directors 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
Art Directors
SOC 27-1011Rank #94

Key metrics

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

MetricArt DirectorsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$96,000$81,328
P25 wage$70,000$68,549
P75 wage$140,000$100,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,000$31,451
Total filings6,167367,097
Wage samples6,056366,392
Rank#94#4

Median wage by year

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

Art Directors
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Art Directors

  • 1NY2,544$103,209
  • 2CA1,632$110,000
  • 3FL297$62,400
  • 4IL242$87,000
  • 5TX180$74,818

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA69,271$96,325
  • 2TX38,277$82,710
  • 3NJ23,266$72,030
  • 4WA19,761$87,942
  • 5IL17,732$74,818

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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