H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Engineers, 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
Engineers, All Other
SOC 17-2199Rank #43

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersEngineers, All Other
Median wage$96,000$101,562
P25 wage$80,433$84,261
P75 wage$116,043$128,566
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$44,305
Total filings134,51710,460
Wage samples134,34810,435
Rank#4#43

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Engineers, 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 — Engineers, All Other

  • 1CA2,799$130,188
  • 2MI1,402$92,400
  • 3TX797$105,000
  • 4IL605$88,000
  • 5NY474$93,642

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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