Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Median salary
$102,710
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$86,466 – $122,000
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+8.12%
+4.83% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
353 filings
Software Quality Assurance Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$81,910
P25$86,466
Median$102,710
P75$122,000
P90$137,090
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$81,91041 LCAs
Level II$96,921224 LCAs
Level III$122,00049 LCAs
Level IV$134,43023 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Software Quality Assurance Engineer pay by occupation code
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 98%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 97.73% | 345 | $86,466 | $102,500 | $121,968 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Software Quality Assurance Engineer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persistent | 30 | $118,948 | +16.1% |
| Compunnel Software | 26 | $103,500 | +1% |
| Tech Mahindra Americas | 21 | $87,300 | -14.8% |
| Nokia Of | 18 | $174,627 | +70.4% |
| Gannu Software | 7 | $82,389 | -19.6% |
| Digipulse | 7 | $127,500 | +24.4% |
| General Motors | 6 | $115,856 | +13% |
| Randstad Digital | 6 | $115,000 | +12.2% |
| Netapp | 5 | $133,432 | +30.2% |
Exact titles grouped here
The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer II39 LCAs · median $114,099
- Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer36 LCAs · median $116,694
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Automation Tester)6 LCAs · median $127,250
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer III6 LCAs · median $122,990