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$114,338$81,600
P25 wage$86,195$68,715
P75 wage$147,900$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$61,705$31,290
Total filings54,025375,227
Wage samples53,525374,517
Rank#26#4

Median wage by year

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

General and Operations Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$85k
FY2011$88k
FY2012$93k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$100k
FY2015$106k
FY2016$106k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$107k
FY2019$110k
FY2020$128k
FY2021$130k
FY2022$144k
FY2023$143k
FY2024$143k
FY2025$143k
FY2026$157k
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 — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA9,282$124,000
  • 2NY7,453$120,000
  • 3TX5,917$117,000
  • 4IL3,025$117,300
  • 5PA2,887$107,699

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 — General and Operations Managers

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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