H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Electrical Engineers

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
Electrical Engineers
SOC 17-2071Rank #21

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersElectrical Engineers
Median wage$96,000$104,794
P25 wage$80,433$85,717
P75 wage$116,043$132,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$46,283
Total filings134,51729,152
Wage samples134,34829,098
Rank#4#21

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Electrical Engineers

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 — Electrical Engineers

  • 1CA7,801$135,000
  • 2TX3,391$101,483
  • 3MI2,269$100,000
  • 4WA1,356$132,537
  • 5IL1,169$93,288

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 sponsors — Electrical Engineers

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