H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial 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
Financial Managers
SOC 11-3031Rank #37

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$125,715$81,600
P25 wage$93,200$68,715
P75 wage$173,555$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$80,355$31,290
Total filings29,858375,227
Wage samples29,305374,517
Rank#37#4

Median wage by year

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

Financial Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$92k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$100k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$104k
FY2015$107k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$120k
FY2018$130k
FY2019$135k
FY2020$137k
FY2021$150k
FY2022$150k
FY2023$158k
FY2024$159k
FY2025$165k
FY2026$173k
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 — Financial Managers

  • 1NY7,698$150,000
  • 2CA5,202$140,000
  • 3TX2,041$120,000
  • 4FL1,849$90,000
  • 5NJ1,234$130,000

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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