H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Web Developers

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
Web Developers
SOC 15-1254Rank #77

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersWeb Developers
Median wage$96,000$85,000
P25 wage$80,433$70,720
P75 wage$116,043$107,266
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$36,546
Total filings134,5173,471
Wage samples134,3483,463
Rank#4#77

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Web Developers

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 — Web Developers

  • 1CA547$110,400
  • 2TX481$83,658
  • 3NJ361$72,696
  • 4NY205$85,197
  • 5MA199$84,344

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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