H1B Report
Salary comparison

Information Security Analysts 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
Information Security Analysts
SOC 15-1212Rank #22

Key metrics

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

MetricInformation Security AnalystsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$120,000$96,000
P25 wage$95,784$80,433
P75 wage$152,000$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$56,216$35,610
Total filings25,873134,517
Wage samples25,837134,348
Rank#22#4

Median wage by year

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

Information Security Analysts
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Information Security Analysts

  • 1TX4,602$116,000
  • 2CA4,146$145,850
  • 3NY2,338$120,000
  • 4NJ1,888$127,000
  • 5IL1,600$113,000

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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