H1B Report
Salary comparison

Sales 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
Sales Managers
SOC 11-2022Rank #58

Key metrics

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

MetricSales ManagersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$111,259$81,600
P25 wage$78,000$68,715
P75 wage$153,084$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$75,084$31,290
Total filings16,555375,227
Wage samples16,355374,517
Rank#58#4

Median wage by year

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

Sales Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$82k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$92k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$104k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$115k
FY2019$119k
FY2020$124k
FY2021$127k
FY2022$138k
FY2023$146k
FY2024$142k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$150k
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 — Sales Managers

  • 1CA3,431$123,885
  • 2NY2,949$125,500
  • 3TX1,585$107,531
  • 4FL1,375$91,000
  • 5NJ887$117,166

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

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