H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Human Resources Specialists

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
Human Resources Specialists
SOC 13-1071Rank #66

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersHuman Resources Specialists
Median wage$96,000$73,152
P25 wage$80,433$60,000
P75 wage$116,043$100,506
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$40,506
Total filings134,5174,858
Wage samples134,3484,851
Rank#4#66

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Human Resources Specialists

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 — Human Resources Specialists

  • 1CA1,094$90,000
  • 2NJ575$71,448
  • 3TX570$70,366
  • 4NY555$74,194
  • 5WA265$116,000

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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