H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

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.

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersElementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Median wage$96,000$55,000
P25 wage$80,433$47,273
P75 wage$116,043$63,242
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$15,969
Total filings134,51714,592
Wage samples134,34814,567
Rank#4#33

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

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 — Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

  • 1TX2,709$60,500
  • 2NC1,372$44,140
  • 3GA1,301$56,200
  • 4AZ1,207$49,590
  • 5CA1,074$64,026

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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