H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

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 TestersSoftware Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
Median wage$81,328$69,170
P25 wage$68,549$60,507
P75 wage$100,000$77,563
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,451$17,056
Total filings367,0976,482
Wage samples366,3926,476
Rank#4#92

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA69,271$96,325
  • 2TX38,277$82,710
  • 3NJ23,266$72,030
  • 4WA19,761$87,942
  • 5IL17,732$74,818

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

  • 1CA851$77,210
  • 2TX672$70,057
  • 3MA454$75,650
  • 4MN329$63,877
  • 5NY318$63,355

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

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