H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Computer Occupations, All Other

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 B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$96,000$101,920
P25 wage$80,433$80,434
P75 wage$116,043$132,829
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$52,395
Total filings134,517289,708
Wage samples134,348289,384
Rank#4#2

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Computer Occupations, All Other

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 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA46,693$136,531
  • 2TX45,907$95,000
  • 3NJ21,807$94,999
  • 4WA16,359$135,000
  • 5NY14,993$115,990

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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