Quality Engineer III 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 48 wage applications for Quality Engineer III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 26 employers. The median offered wage was $116,304, 17.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. filed the most (11, median $116,514).

Filings: 48
Positions covered: 48
Employers: 26
Median offered: $116,304
Median prevailing wage: $91,374
Filings since FY2020: 418
Median offer change since FY2020: +21%

Quality Engineer III, all employers48 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$116,304Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$105,578 to $134,192Where the middle half of the filings fall

$91,374Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Quality Engineer III jobs rose 21%, from $95,000 in fiscal 2020 to $115,300 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 21.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 82 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.

Quality Engineer III by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	38	$115,300	+0.5%	$89,742	+21.1%
2025	49	$114,700	+9.2%	$99,934	+14.7%
2024	58	$105,000	no change	$87,880	+15.9%
2023	70	$105,000	+8.9%	$93,184	+13.0%
2022	82	$96,435	+6.0%	$82,285	+13.4%
2021	72	$91,000	−4.2%	$81,286	+14.6%
2020	49	$95,000	n/a	$86,393	+10.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	11	$116,514	+34.6%
Intellectt Inc	4	$112,747	+14.8%
CWC Travel, Inc.	3	$140,400	+33.2%
Federal Express Corporation	3	$134,192	+52.3%
Costco Wholesale Corporation	2	$137,700	+56.3%
Staples, Inc.	2	$138,938	+7.3%
Jabil Inc.	2	$118,975	at the minimum
United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC	2	$110,000	+28.5%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.	2	$83,605	+8.3%
Sirius XM Radio LLC	1	$95,000	+9.3%
Trane Technologies Company LLC	1	$149,962	+38.7%
Advantage Technical Resourcing, Inc.	1	$116,480	+2.0%
TK Elevator Manufacturing, Inc.	1	$85,545	+19.5%
Ineight, Inc.	1	$135,200	+0.5%
Ciena Corporation	1	$119,000	+24.8%
Mack Trucks, Inc.	1	$119,080	at the minimum
Nova Biomedical	1	$102,669	at the minimum
Uop LLC	1	$119,998	+5.7%
Strategic Staffing Solutions, L.C.	1	$104,000	+4.2%
USR Parent, Inc.	1	$107,100	+4.4%
ASML US, LP	1	$81,375	+0.2%
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.	1	$105,090	+14.0%
Boston Scientific Corporation	1	$115,000	+4.2%
Inogen, Inc.	1	$93,018	at the minimum
FedEx Dataworks, Inc.	1	$134,192	+52.3%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 26. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Quality Engineer III jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Bentonville, AR	6	$113,997	+56.5%
Dallas, TX	4	$121,000	+44.1%
Framingham, MA	3	$137,268	+4.4%
Fremont, CA	2	$121,223	+9.0%
Issaquah, WA	2	$139,900	+28.7%
North Bellmore, NY	2	$112,320	+15.7%
Plainsboro, NJ	2	$121,067	+7.0%
Pontiac, MI	2	$110,000	+28.5%
Schaumburg, IL	2	$137,700	+56.3%
Wheeling, IL	2	$134,192	+52.3%
Bensenville, IL	1	$115,600	+31.2%
Byhalia, MS	1	$85,545	+19.5%
Coventry, RI	1	$115,000	+4.2%
Farmington Hills, MI	1	$105,090	+14.0%
Florence, KY	1	$105,740	at the minimum
Hagerstown, MD	1	$119,080	at the minimum
Irving, TX	1	$95,000	+9.3%
Mechanicsburg, PA	1	$149,962	+38.7%
Middleton, VA	1	$77,210	at the minimum
Middletown, VA	1	$90,000	+16.6%
Peoria, AZ	1	$140,312	+62.0%
Plano, TX	1	$93,018	at the minimum
Rosemont, IL	1	$119,998	+5.7%
San Diego, CA	1	$81,375	+0.2%
San Jose, CA	1	$132,209	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry16%

Level II, qualified60%

Level III, experienced13%

Level IV, fully competent11%

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.