H1B Report
Salary comparison

Marketing 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
Marketing Managers
SOC 11-2021Rank #34

Key metrics

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

MetricMarketing ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$123,998$81,600
P25 wage$90,000$68,715
P75 wage$160,638$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,638$31,290
Total filings33,892375,227
Wage samples33,504374,517
Rank#34#4

Median wage by year

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

Marketing Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$93k
FY2011$91k
FY2012$95k
FY2013$104k
FY2014$104k
FY2015$110k
FY2016$111k
FY2017$115k
FY2018$125k
FY2019$130k
FY2020$130k
FY2021$140k
FY2022$147k
FY2023$152k
FY2024$150k
FY2025$157k
FY2026$170k
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 — Marketing Managers

  • 1CA10,024$140,000
  • 2NY5,927$127,500
  • 3TX2,106$116,979
  • 4FL2,047$84,594
  • 5WA1,997$130,600

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 — Marketing Managers

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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