H1B Report
Salary comparison

Lawyers 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
Lawyers
SOC 23-1011Rank #47

Key metrics

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

MetricLawyersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$165,000$96,000
P25 wage$100,000$80,433
P75 wage$225,000$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$125,000$35,610
Total filings8,358134,517
Wage samples8,330134,348
Rank#47#4

Median wage by year

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

Lawyers
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Lawyers

  • 1NY3,642$211,435
  • 2CA1,728$160,000
  • 3TX381$118,352
  • 4DC355$200,000
  • 5IL275$125,000

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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