H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer and Information Systems Managers 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers
SOC 11-3021Rank #9

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer and Information Systems ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$150,744$81,600
P25 wage$120,000$68,715
P75 wage$187,350$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,350$31,290
Total filings160,669375,227
Wage samples160,282374,517
Rank#9#4

Median wage by year

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

Computer and Information Systems Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$110k
FY2011$112k
FY2012$115k
FY2013$118k
FY2014$120k
FY2015$121k
FY2016$125k
FY2017$129k
FY2018$134k
FY2019$140k
FY2020$150k
FY2021$155k
FY2022$164k
FY2023$170k
FY2024$177k
FY2025$181k
FY2026$188k
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 — Computer and Information Systems Managers

  • 1CA34,171$175,000
  • 2NY28,553$157,477
  • 3WA13,940$162,758
  • 4TX13,215$149,718
  • 5NJ8,836$144,000

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 — Computer and Information Systems Managers

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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