H1B Report
Salary comparison

Biological Science 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
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1042Rank #17

Key metrics

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

MetricBiological Science Teachers, PostsecondarySoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$90,000$81,600
P25 wage$72,000$68,715
P75 wage$120,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$48,000$31,290
Total filings100,569375,227
Wage samples100,143374,517
Rank#17#4

Median wage by year

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

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$72k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$80k
FY2014$81k
FY2015$83k
FY2016$85k
FY2017$88k
FY2018$89k
FY2019$91k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$98k
FY2024$102k
FY2025$106k
FY2026$109k
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 — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1TX9,547$92,700
  • 2NY7,414$93,500
  • 3CA6,769$95,004
  • 4PA4,556$90,000
  • 5IL4,019$85,416

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 — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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