H1B Report
Salary comparison

Logisticians 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
Logisticians
SOC 13-1081Rank #43

Key metrics

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

MetricLogisticiansSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$75,000$81,600
P25 wage$59,821$68,715
P75 wage$100,003$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,182$31,290
Total filings26,614375,227
Wage samples26,389374,517
Rank#43#4

Median wage by year

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

Logisticians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$63k
FY2011$55k
FY2012$59k
FY2013$60k
FY2014$60k
FY2015$62k
FY2016$61k
FY2017$61k
FY2018$70k
FY2019$73k
FY2020$80k
FY2021$87k
FY2022$88k
FY2023$92k
FY2024$90k
FY2025$90k
FY2026$94k
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 — Logisticians

  • 1CA5,837$85,000
  • 2TX3,192$75,210
  • 3NY1,681$67,600
  • 4NJ1,506$69,819
  • 5IL1,403$70,824

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

Swap an entity
Replace either occupation above without losing the comparison. 2-way for now; 3+ comparison coming soon.