QA Lead 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 94 wage applications for QA Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 55 employers. The median offered wage was $103,041, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. SLK America Inc filed the most (11, median $81,110).

Filings: 94
Positions covered: 91
Employers: 55
Median offered: $103,041
Median prevailing wage: $96,450
Filings since FY2020: 665
Median offer change since FY2020: +16%

QA Lead, all employers94 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$103,041Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$89,704 to $112,612Where the middle half of the filings fall

$96,450Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for QA Lead jobs rose 16%, from $91,750 in fiscal 2020 to $106,277 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 116 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 Lead by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	73	$106,277	+5.0%	$98,998	at the minimum
2025	93	$101,234	+6.4%	$96,034	+0.3%
2024	116	$95,139	−1.2%	$91,853	+0.2%
2023	71	$96,304	−5.7%	$91,603	+1.5%
2022	115	$102,107	+7.6%	$94,349	+4.0%
2021	82	$94,883	+3.4%	$89,763	+5.4%
2020	115	$91,750	n/a	$87,870	+1.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
SLK America Inc	11	$81,110	at the minimum
Coforge Limited	10	$103,564	at the minimum
CitiusTech Inc.	3	$112,500	+0.1%
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.	3	$92,000	+0.5%
Innova Solutions, Inc.	3	$102,086	at the minimum
Cigniti Technologies, Inc.	3	$116,725	+5.9%
Cvslogic.com, Inc.	2	$108,383	at the minimum
DVG Tech Solutions LLC.	2	$113,339	+2.9%
Everest Technologies, Inc.	2	$106,000	+13.8%
Sagitec Solutions, LLC	2	$113,000	+42.4%
Eversoft Technologies LLC	2	$116,480	+13.5%
Sysintelli Inc.	2	$85,000	+13.2%
Hitachi Digital Services LLC	2	$98,301	at the minimum
Cyber Space Technologies LLC	2	$93,278	+0.7%
Elixir Lab USA Inc DBA Cardinality.ai	2	$110,000	+8.7%
Technology Talent Network, LLC	2	$91,520	+18.9%
iPivot LLC	2	$115,000	+21.5%
Photon Infotech, Inc.	1	$102,660	+0.6%
Copart, Inc	1	$111,281	+1.0%
Tekriders Inc.	1	$95,222	at the minimum
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	1	$140,010	+64.9%
Inspire Resources, LLC	1	$131,758	+0.8%
United Fortune IT Solutions LLC	1	$82,500	+0.2%
Charter Communications, Inc.	1	$112,649	at the minimum
iQuadra Information Services LLC	1	$92,539	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 55. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where QA Lead jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Dallas, TX	10	$110,199	at the minimum
Cincinnati, OH	5	$84,323	at the minimum
Jacksonville, FL	5	$80,018	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	4	$116,478	at the minimum
Alpharetta, GA	3	$97,365	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	3	$105,227	at the minimum
Austin, TX	3	$126,288	+0.5%
Fort Mill, SC	3	$109,575	+6.7%
Fort Worth, TX	3	$110,198	at the minimum
Abilene, TX	2	$91,520	+18.9%
Chesterfield, MO	2	$77,154	+0.2%
Colonia, NJ	2	$115,000	+21.5%
Columbus, OH	2	$96,000	+11.6%
Cumming, GA	2	$97,500	+0.2%
Dublin, OH	2	$125,643	+16.6%
Hanover, MD	2	$110,000	+8.7%
Houston, TX	2	$121,555	+32.5%
Memphis, TN	2	$82,587	at the minimum
Meridian, ID	2	$85,000	+13.2%
Parsippany, NJ	2	$114,094	+0.3%
Richmond, TX	2	$87,359	+2.9%
Ashburn, VA	1	$128,461	at the minimum
Bethesda, MD	1	$106,454	at the minimum
Boston, MA	1	$116,000	+16.8%
Brooklyn, OH	1	$82,347	+5.8%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry1%

Level II, qualified45%

Level III, experienced42%

Level IV, fully competent12%

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.

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