H1B Report
Salary comparison

Business 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
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1011Rank #89

Key metrics

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

MetricBusiness Teachers, PostsecondarySoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$104,000$81,600
P25 wage$77,005$68,715
P75 wage$132,390$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,385$31,290
Total filings6,948375,227
Wage samples6,923374,517
Rank#89#4

Median wage by year

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

Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$90k
FY2011$92k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$95k
FY2014$92k
FY2015$95k
FY2016$97k
FY2017$102k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$111k
FY2020$106k
FY2021$110k
FY2022$111k
FY2023$115k
FY2024$115k
FY2025$120k
FY2026$123k
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 — Business Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY612$102,556
  • 2CA513$102,345
  • 3PA447$96,776
  • 4TX372$109,999
  • 5MA280$129,500

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 — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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