QA Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (SOC 15-1253).

Employers filed 481 wage applications for QA Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 265 employers. The median offered wage was $92,456, 0.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Tesla, Inc. filed the most (61, median $125,000).

Filings: 481
Positions covered: 472
Employers: 265
Median offered: $92,456
Median prevailing wage: $90,563
Filings since FY2020: 2,731
Median offer change since FY2020: +8%

QA Engineer, all employers481 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$92,456Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$85,000 to $110,198Where the middle half of the filings fall

$90,563Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for QA Engineer jobs rose 8%, from $85,312 in fiscal 2020 to $92,383 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 434 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

QA Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	380	$92,383	+5.8%	$90,563	+0.4%
2025	412	$87,298	+1.5%	$86,466	at the minimum
2024	434	$86,000	+2.4%	$82,368	+0.2%
2023	379	$84,000	no change	$80,059	+0.1%
2022	422	$84,000	−4.5%	$76,856	+0.9%
2021	310	$88,000	+3.2%	$82,127	+0.4%
2020	394	$85,312	n/a	$79,560	+0.1%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tesla, Inc.	61	$125,000	+20.7%
Sapphire Software Solutions, Inc.	14	$91,500	+0.2%
Compunnel Software Group, Inc	9	$90,000	+0.2%
CitiusTech Inc.	6	$101,700	+13.6%
Photon Infotech, Inc.	5	$98,000	+1.8%
Synapse Tech Services Inc.	5	$90,000	+10.7%
Mahaugha LLC	5	$95,000	at the minimum
Meridian Software Solutions, Inc.	5	$83,000	+3.7%
SRI Tech Solutions Inc.	5	$82,950	at the minimum
Copart, Inc	4	$91,750	+2.2%
Flexon Technologies Inc	4	$121,160	+3.6%
Eateam Inc	4	$86,923	+0.8%
Xylo Consulting LLC	4	$118,146	at the minimum
Donato Technologies Inc	4	$91,374	at the minimum
AlgebraIT LLC	4	$81,765	at the minimum
Orion Systems Integrators LLC	4	$104,703	+4.2%
Elise A.I. Technologies Corp.	4	$113,807	at the minimum
Aanvi Cloud Technologies Inc	4	$91,374	at the minimum
PartnerTap, Inc	3	$68,702	at the minimum
Zenith Infotek LLC	3	$85,030	at the minimum
Chadwick Riley Corporation	3	$104,728	at the minimum
Dotcom Team LLC	3	$95,000	+12.5%
Tango Management Consulting LLC	3	$127,357	+39.4%
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC	3	$150,000	+32.5%
MSR Technology Group LLC	3	$71,427	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 265. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where QA Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	38	$109,396	+16.0%
Dallas, TX	20	$92,000	+0.7%
Chicago, IL	13	$88,088	at the minimum
Irving, TX	12	$91,374	at the minimum
Sparks, NV	12	$105,000	+9.4%
Fremont, CA	10	$134,160	+14.2%
Alpharetta, GA	9	$82,500	+0.2%
Brookshire, TX	9	$130,000	+32.6%
Houston, TX	9	$84,906	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	8	$88,750	+3.6%
Plano, TX	8	$91,374	+0.1%
Lathrop, CA	7	$129,500	+22.5%
New York, NY	7	$117,523	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	6	$157,711	+0.3%
Tampa, FL	6	$76,929	at the minimum
Chandler, AZ	5	$86,611	at the minimum
Cumming, GA	5	$87,000	+5.7%
Edison, NJ	5	$107,320	+5.1%
Frisco, TX	5	$95,000	+0.1%
Jacksonville, FL	5	$83,000	+10.1%
San Antonio, TX	5	$88,187	+3.6%
Buffalo, NY	4	$94,448	+6.7%
Durham, NC	4	$111,108	+2.5%
Jersey City, NJ	4	$102,750	+0.2%
Leander, TX	4	$102,678	+3.9%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry16%

Level II, qualified68%

Level III, experienced13%

Level IV, fully competent3%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
4 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.