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H-1B salary guideSOC 15-1199Rank #92Updated Jun 2026

Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers (SOC 15-1199). Based on 6,482 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$100,368
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$90,907
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$107,010
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
20
Rank #92 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I118$69,906$75,000$84,164
Level II642$70,000$75,265$89,954
Level III84$92,092$108,966$121,948
Level IV36$108,597$118,916$139,598

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA851$77,210
2TX672$70,057
3MA454$75,650
4MN329$63,877
5NY318$63,355
6WA315$67,350
7VA311$72,134
8NJ304$63,274
9GA245$78,000
10NC224$67,600
CA
851
TX
672
MA
454
MN
329
NY
318
WA
315
VA
311
NJ
304
GA
245
NC
224

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

WIPRO LIMITED
4,419
Edifecs, Inc.
97
Logic Information Systems,…
51
ITC INFOTECH (USA), INC.
45
Wipro Enterprises, Inc.
30
Supply Chain Consultants, …
23
P3 TECHNOLOGIES INC.
23
RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
22
Mastercard International I…
21
OneTrust LLC
19

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

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