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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$103,774$81,328
P25 wage$76,512$68,549
P75 wage$132,000$100,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,488$31,451
Total filings6,762367,097
Wage samples6,737366,392
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$124k
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$110k

Top 5 hiring states — Business Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY593$103,089
  • 2CA508$102,316
  • 3PA439$96,776
  • 4TX359$109,000
  • 5MA271$129,000

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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