H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Registered Nurses

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
Registered Nurses
SOC 29-1141Rank #81

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersRegistered Nurses
Median wage$96,000$75,192
P25 wage$80,433$68,000
P75 wage$116,043$85,322
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$17,322
Total filings134,5173,097
Wage samples134,3483,095
Rank#4#81

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Registered Nurses

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 — Registered Nurses

  • 1NY315$86,050
  • 2IL235$79,040
  • 3PA169$69,264
  • 4GA163$78,043
  • 5TN130$69,826

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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