H1B Report
Salary comparison

Project Management Specialists 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
Project Management Specialists
SOC 13-1082Rank #45

Key metrics

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

MetricProject Management SpecialistsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$142,126$96,000
P25 wage$105,100$80,433
P75 wage$172,536$116,043
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,436$35,610
Total filings9,292134,517
Wage samples9,281134,348
Rank#45#4

Median wage by year

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

Project Management Specialists
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Project Management Specialists

  • 1CA3,293$166,000
  • 2NY892$142,050
  • 3TX855$115,000
  • 4WA697$171,226
  • 5MA438$135,464

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 — Project Management Specialists

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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