H1B Report
Salary comparison

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 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.

Key metrics

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

MetricMiddle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$55,000$96,000
P25 wage$48,785$80,433
P75 wage$63,030$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$14,245$35,610
Total filings2,242134,517
Wage samples2,238134,348
Rank#94#4

Median wage by year

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

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

  • 1GA357$59,538
  • 2SC278$52,526
  • 3TX264$58,160
  • 4NC239$47,372
  • 5CA113$65,330

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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