H-1B job title salary

Tester

#782 most-filed title 57 certified LCAs filed under 2 occupations
Median salary
$86,965
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$70,000 – $102,710
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+19.59%
+15.96% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0%
57 filings

Tester pay range

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

P10$67,193
P25$70,000
Median$86,965
P75$102,710
P90$107,783
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$80,00045 LCAs
Level II$93,4866 LCAs

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

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SOC split

Tester 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 98.25% 56 $70,000 $86,965 $100,678

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Tester

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
HCL
SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
30 $87,000 +0%
4consulting
SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
12 $72,275 -16.9%

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 Tester33 LCAs · median $87,000

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