H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Sales Engineers

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
Sales Engineers
SOC 41-9031Rank #39

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersSales Engineers
Median wage$96,000$120,000
P25 wage$80,433$96,307
P75 wage$116,043$146,385
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$50,078
Total filings134,51711,650
Wage samples134,34811,630
Rank#4#39

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Sales Engineers

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 — Sales Engineers

  • 1CA3,015$140,000
  • 2TX1,924$115,544
  • 3NY764$130,000
  • 4NJ726$131,446
  • 5IL534$110,344

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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