H-1B job title salary

Software QA Engineer

#240 most-filed title 244 certified LCAs filed under 5 occupations

Median salary

$111,462

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$88,088 – $143,026

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

-4.24%

-7.15% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

244 filings

Software QA Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$78,624

P25$88,088

Median$111,462

P75$143,026

P90$164,000

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$78,62445 LCAs

Level II$100,000121 LCAs

Level III$149,24444 LCAs

Level IV$136,92619 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

SOC split

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 86%Software Developers 12%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253	86.48%	211	$87,031	$108,680	$140,276
Software Developers 15-1252	11.89%	29	$98,862	$114,000	$149,240

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer	LCAs	Median	vs all sponsors
Cisco SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	26	$137,750	+26.8%
Tesla SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	17	$160,000	+47.2%
Keysight SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	8	$128,308	+18.1%
Fortinet SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	7	$129,792	+19.4%
Gen Digital SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	5	$125,000	+15%

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.