H-1B job title salary

Software Quality Engineer

#274 most-filed title 213 certified LCAs filed under 4 occupations

Median salary

$110,000

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$93,538 – $132,912

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

-1.96%

-4.94% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

213 filings

Software Quality Engineer pay range

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

P10$85,571

P25$93,538

Median$110,000

P75$132,912

P90$163,509

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$87,53720 LCAs

Level II$96,00084 LCAs

Level III$117,56171 LCAs

Level IV$139,40221 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 87%Software Developers 9%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253	86.85%	185	$92,942	$110,000	$131,925
Software Developers 15-1252	9.39%	20	$99,289	$109,279	$152,812

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
Servicenow SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	25	$125,528	+14.1%
Red Hat SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	9	$129,416	+17.7%
United Parcel Service General SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	6	$129,000	+17.3%
Nokia Of SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	5	$188,246	+71.1%

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