H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Computer Programmers

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 Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #12

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersComputer Programmers
Median wage$96,000$86,965
P25 wage$80,433$76,731
P75 wage$116,043$105,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$28,269
Total filings134,51753,885
Wage samples134,34853,838
Rank#4#12

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Computer Programmers

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 Programmers

  • 1TX10,433$85,000
  • 2CA6,501$102,918
  • 3NJ4,306$89,253
  • 4IL3,430$80,000
  • 5GA2,392$86,362

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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