H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial Specialists, All Other 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 Specialists, All Other
SOC 13-2099Rank #33

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial Specialists, All OtherSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$110,000$81,600
P25 wage$81,120$68,715
P75 wage$150,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$68,880$31,290
Total filings36,625375,227
Wage samples36,476374,517
Rank#33#4

Median wage by year

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

Financial Specialists, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$86k
FY2011$85k
FY2012$86k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$88k
FY2015$88k
FY2016$93k
FY2017$95k
FY2018$96k
FY2019$103k
FY2020$110k
FY2021$120k
FY2022$130k
FY2023$130k
FY2024$136k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$145k
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 Specialists, All Other

  • 1NY12,693$135,000
  • 2CA4,497$110,960
  • 3IL3,245$112,000
  • 4TX1,937$97,760
  • 5MA1,712$94,500

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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