H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Statisticians

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
Statisticians
SOC 15-2041Rank #28

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersStatisticians
Median wage$81,600$91,217
P25 wage$68,715$72,400
P75 wage$100,005$117,416
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,290$45,016
Total filings375,22743,654
Wage samples374,51743,423
Rank#4#28

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
Statisticians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$70k
FY2013$72k
FY2014$70k
FY2015$74k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$80k
FY2018$87k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$95k
FY2021$104k
FY2022$108k
FY2023$111k
FY2024$118k
FY2025$120k
FY2026$125k

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 — Statisticians

  • 1CA5,366$103,720
  • 2NJ5,142$98,838
  • 3MA3,363$98,000
  • 4NC3,023$96,600
  • 5TX2,929$87,975

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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