H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

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
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
SOC 25-2056Rank #93

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersSpecial Education Teachers, Elementary School
Median wage$81,600$53,248
P25 wage$68,715$45,183
P75 wage$100,005$65,508
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,290$20,325
Total filings375,2276,470
Wage samples374,5176,444
Rank#4#93

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$70k
FY2012$68k
FY2013$68k
FY2014$69k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$71k
FY2017$74k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$88k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$97k
FY2023$98k
FY2024$100k
FY2025$103k
FY2026$107k
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$47k
FY2014$50k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$51k
FY2018$55k
FY2019$50k
FY2020$54k
FY2021$52k
FY2022$52k
FY2023$58k
FY2024$57k
FY2025$60k
FY2026$62k

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA70,691$96,325
  • 2TX39,545$83,303
  • 3NJ23,688$72,630
  • 4WA20,111$88,000
  • 5IL18,114$74,880

Top 5 hiring states — Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

  • 1CA970$61,459
  • 2MD903$75,549
  • 3SC514$49,662
  • 4GA441$51,503
  • 5TX395$51,881

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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