H1B Report
Salary comparison

Construction 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
Construction Managers
SOC 11-9021Rank #72

Key metrics

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

MetricConstruction ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$82,500$81,600
P25 wage$66,362$68,715
P75 wage$107,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,638$31,290
Total filings11,387375,227
Wage samples11,267374,517
Rank#72#4

Median wage by year

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

Construction Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$71k
FY2011$76k
FY2012$68k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$72k
FY2017$71k
FY2018$77k
FY2019$78k
FY2020$83k
FY2021$87k
FY2022$88k
FY2023$91k
FY2024$91k
FY2025$95k
FY2026$108k
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 — Construction Managers

  • 1CA1,706$96,430
  • 2NY1,534$86,993
  • 3TX1,461$84,198
  • 4FL652$78,000
  • 5NJ507$85,000

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 — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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