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 #52

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersWeb Developers
Median wage$81,600$70,000
P25 wage$68,715$63,000
P75 wage$100,005$85,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,290$22,000
Total filings375,22718,841
Wage samples374,51718,707
Rank#4#52

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
Web Developers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$64k
FY2011$65k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$68k
FY2016$70k
FY2017$72k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$90k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$79k
FY2024$79k
FY2025$89k
FY2026$90k

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 — Web Developers

  • 1CA2,688$84,000
  • 2TX1,920$70,000
  • 3NJ1,414$69,996
  • 4NY1,271$70,000
  • 5WA982$73,320

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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