H1B Report
Salary comparison

Human Resources Specialists 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
Human Resources Specialists
SOC 13-1071Rank #54

Key metrics

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

MetricHuman Resources SpecialistsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$60,798$81,600
P25 wage$48,589$68,715
P75 wage$79,051$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$30,462$31,290
Total filings17,942375,227
Wage samples17,756374,517
Rank#54#4

Median wage by year

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

Human Resources Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$55k
FY2014$55k
FY2015$56k
FY2016$58k
FY2017$60k
FY2018$65k
FY2019$67k
FY2020$70k
FY2021$76k
FY2022$72k
FY2023$73k
FY2024$73k
FY2025$75k
FY2026$83k
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 — Human Resources Specialists

  • 1CA3,256$70,000
  • 2NJ2,478$60,000
  • 3NY2,170$63,000
  • 4TX1,706$60,500
  • 5IL728$60,091

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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