H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer Occupations, All Other vs Software Quality Assurance Engineers 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 Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer Occupations, All OtherSoftware Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
Median wage$88,489$69,170
P25 wage$74,464$60,507
P75 wage$115,000$77,563
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,536$17,056
Total filings644,0756,482
Wage samples643,0046,476
Rank#3#92

Median wage by year

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

Computer Occupations, All Other
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA104,012$108,524
  • 2TX77,429$88,400
  • 3NJ43,265$90,002
  • 4NY34,620$93,569
  • 5WA32,527$106,434

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

  • 1CA851$77,210
  • 2TX672$70,057
  • 3MA454$75,650
  • 4MN329$63,877
  • 5NY318$63,355

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

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