Test Engineer
Median salary
$104,022
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$86,694 – $128,576
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+4.02%
+0.86% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
735 filings
Test Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$73,709
P25$86,694
Median$104,022
P75$128,576
P90$165,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$78,686121 LCAs
Level II$100,000393 LCAs
Level III$138,000115 LCAs
Level IV$130,68657 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Test 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 69%Industrial Engineers 7%Mechanical Engineers 6%Electrical Engineers 5%Software Developers 4%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 69.12% | 508 | $84,153 | $101,500 | $120,000 |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | 6.67% | 49 | $100,872 | $125,000 | $140,400 |
| Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 | 6.12% | 45 | $92,581 | $122,859 | $146,044 |
| Electrical Engineers 17-2071 | 4.63% | 34 | $91,250 | $110,250 | $122,876 |
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 3.95% | 29 | $109,500 | $120,640 | $161,637 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | 3.67% | 27 | $116,279 | $141,753 | $156,853 |
| Engineers, All Other 17-2199 | 0.95% | 7 | $96,000 | $142,000 | $147,500 |
| Mechanical Engineers, R&D 17-2144 | 0.95% | 7 | $84,006 | $85,000 | $90,000 |
| Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231 | 0.68% | 5 | $51,147 | $51,147 | $64,542 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061 | 0.68% | 5 | $85,000 | $105,000 | $210,642 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Test 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphasis | 76 | $104,500 | +3% |
| Wipro | 48 | $91,915 | -9.4% |
| 36 | $194,500 | +91.6% | |
| L&t Technology | 26 | $102,000 | +0.5% |
| Tesla | 24 | $140,000 | +12% |
| Globallogic | 22 | $87,807 | -13.5% |
| Charter Communications | 14 | $114,304 | +12.6% |
| Slk | 12 | $69,630 | -31.4% |
| Nvidia | 11 | $142,298 | +0.4% |
| Tesla | 10 | $129,880 | +5.7% |
| Sri Tech | 8 | $94,162 | -7.2% |
| Rei | 7 | $107,747 | +6.2% |
| Tesla | 5 | $140,000 | +27% |
| Bytedance | 5 | $140,000 | +37.9% |
| Kforce | 5 | $156,853 | +10.7% |
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.
- Senior Test Engineer154 LCAs · median $118,347
- Test Engineer IV30 LCAs · median $95,410
- Test Engineer III22 LCAs · median $91,527
- Test Engineer II21 LCAs · median $95,000
- Test Engineer I13 LCAs · median $79,996