H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers vs Computer Occupations, All Other

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
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Engineers and TestersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$69,170$88,489
P25 wage$60,507$74,464
P75 wage$77,563$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$17,056$40,536
Total filings6,482644,075
Wage samples6,476643,004
Rank#92#3

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
Computer Occupations, All Other

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 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA104,012$108,524
  • 2TX77,429$88,400
  • 3NJ43,265$90,002
  • 4NY34,620$93,569
  • 5WA32,527$106,434

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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