H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical 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 TestersMiddle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Median wage$96,000$55,000
P25 wage$80,433$48,785
P75 wage$116,043$63,030
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$14,245
Total filings134,5172,242
Wage samples134,3482,238
Rank#4#94

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical 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 — Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

  • 1GA357$59,538
  • 2SC278$52,526
  • 3TX264$58,160
  • 4NC239$47,372
  • 5CA113$65,330

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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