H1B Report
Salary comparison

General and Operations 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
General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021Rank #26

Key metrics

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

MetricGeneral and Operations ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$138,087$96,000
P25 wage$104,950$80,433
P75 wage$170,000$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$65,050$35,610
Total filings19,571134,517
Wage samples19,533134,348
Rank#26#4

Median wage by year

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

General and Operations Managers
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA3,830$145,000
  • 2NY2,799$145,000
  • 3TX2,460$140,000
  • 4IL1,195$149,328
  • 5PA1,075$112,154

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA24,239$121,000
  • 2TX20,135$93,558
  • 3NJ7,654$97,053
  • 4NC6,536$93,416
  • 5GA6,364$90,604

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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