H1B Report
Salary comparison

Industrial Production 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
Industrial Production Managers
SOC 11-3051Rank #69

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial Production ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$118,000$96,000
P25 wage$90,064$80,433
P75 wage$147,716$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$57,652$35,610
Total filings4,251134,517
Wage samples4,238134,348
Rank#69#4

Median wage by year

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

Industrial Production Managers
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Industrial Production Managers

  • 1CA947$140,000
  • 2TX399$113,500
  • 3NJ275$120,931
  • 4NY262$114,200
  • 5NC213$111,354

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 — Industrial Production Managers

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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