H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Lawyers

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
Lawyers
SOC 23-1011Rank #47

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersLawyers
Median wage$96,000$165,000
P25 wage$80,433$100,000
P75 wage$116,043$225,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$125,000
Total filings134,5178,358
Wage samples134,3488,330
Rank#4#47

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Lawyers

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 — Lawyers

  • 1NY3,642$211,435
  • 2CA1,728$160,000
  • 3TX381$118,352
  • 4DC355$200,000
  • 5IL275$125,000

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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