H1B Report
Salary comparison

Civil Engineers 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
Civil Engineers
SOC 17-2051Rank #19

Key metrics

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

MetricCivil EngineersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$84,000$96,000
P25 wage$71,500$80,433
P75 wage$100,298$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$28,798$35,610
Total filings30,551134,517
Wage samples30,499134,348
Rank#19#4

Median wage by year

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

Civil Engineers
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Civil Engineers

  • 1CA4,699$95,000
  • 2TX4,215$84,261
  • 3NY2,521$86,300
  • 4FL1,731$75,005
  • 5MI1,627$85,000

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA24,239$121,000
  • 2TX20,135$93,558
  • 3NJ7,654$97,053
  • 4NC6,536$93,416
  • 5GA6,364$90,604

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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