H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs General and Operations Managers

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
General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021Rank #26

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersGeneral and Operations Managers
Median wage$96,000$138,087
P25 wage$80,433$104,950
P75 wage$116,043$170,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$65,050
Total filings134,51719,571
Wage samples134,34819,533
Rank#4#26

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
General and Operations Managers

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 — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA3,830$145,000
  • 2NY2,799$145,000
  • 3TX2,460$140,000
  • 4IL1,195$149,328
  • 5PA1,075$112,154

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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