Software 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 175 wage applications for Software QA Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 95 employers. The median offered wage was $100,000, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Cisco Systems, Inc. filed the most (31, median $138,500).
- Filings
- 175
- Positions covered
- 749
- Employers
- 95
- Median offered
- $100,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $94,162
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,402
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +9%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Software QA Engineer jobs rose 9%, from $91,874 in fiscal 2020 to $100,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 255 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.
Software QA Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 143 | $100,000 | −3.6% | $94,162 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 172 | $103,721 | +2.5% | $97,178 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 203 | $101,192 | +7.8% | $95,701 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 215 | $93,840 | +0.9% | $85,145 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 255 | $93,000 | +4.5% | $89,648 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 182 | $89,000 | −3.1% | $82,472 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 232 | $91,874 | n/a | $85,821 | +0.3% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 31 | $138,500 | +17.5% | |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 8 | $130,234 | at the minimum | |
| Tesla, Inc. | 7 | $169,347 | +22.3% | |
| Corporate Solutions General Inc | 5 | $81,099 | at the minimum | |
| DGN Technologies, Inc | 5 | $98,436 | at the minimum | |
| Adbakx LLC | 4 | $72,675 | +0.2% | |
| Autodesk, Inc. | 4 | $129,179 | at the minimum | |
| Maxwell Tech Systems LLC | 3 | $72,051 | at the minimum | |
| Tao Digital Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $81,890 | at the minimum | |
| Innominds Software Inc | 3 | $91,374 | at the minimum | |
| Om Tek Inc | 3 | $91,374 | at the minimum | |
| Cohesity, Inc. | 2 | $165,423 | at the minimum | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2 | $201,053 | at the minimum | |
| Consiga Technologies Inc | 2 | $93,527 | +6.4% | |
| A Squared Businesses and Consulting LLC | 2 | $88,250 | +3.0% | |
| Everite Solutions Inc | 2 | $87,672 | at the minimum | |
| Ray Techno Solutions Inc. | 2 | $117,884 | at the minimum | |
| Cloud Social Technologies LLC | 2 | $129,678 | at the minimum | |
| Nokia of America Corporation | 2 | $211,405 | +49.5% | |
| SecureNet Systems Corporation | 2 | $99,750 | +0.5% | |
| Palayekar Companies Inc | 2 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Novus Labs, LLC | 2 | $130,000 | +18.4% | |
| Terralogic Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $97,500 | +3.5% | |
| Universal Instruments Corporation | 2 | $69,888 | at the minimum | |
| Sysintel, Inc. | 2 | $89,750 | +1.7% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 95. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Software QA Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 12 | $160,174 | at the minimum | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 10 | $129,792 | at the minimum | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 9 | $142,600 | +9.9% | |
| Milpitas, CA | 8 | $149,050 | +2.0% | |
| Fremont, CA | 7 | $130,572 | +15.3% | |
| Boston, MA | 5 | $119,912 | +0.2% | |
| Fort Worth, TX | 5 | $91,374 | at the minimum | |
| Mountain View, CA | 5 | $98,436 | at the minimum | |
| San Francisco, CA | 5 | $138,445 | +19.2% | |
| Houston, TX | 4 | $81,099 | at the minimum | |
| Pasadena, CA | 4 | $81,671 | at the minimum | |
| Downers Grove, IL | 3 | $71,427 | at the minimum | |
| Fulton, MD | 3 | $138,500 | +17.5% | |
| Lincoln, NE | 3 | $72,051 | at the minimum | |
| Morrisville, NC | 3 | $126,500 | +22.1% | |
| Austin, TX | 2 | $119,576 | +7.0% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 2 | $128,960 | at the minimum | |
| Boxborough, MA | 2 | $122,850 | +23.7% | |
| Chicago, IL | 2 | $88,088 | at the minimum | |
| Columbus, OH | 2 | $88,250 | +3.0% | |
| Conklin, NY | 2 | $69,888 | at the minimum | |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 2 | $69,587 | +4.8% | |
| Fort Lee, NJ | 2 | $78,624 | at the minimum | |
| Gaithersburg, MD | 2 | $107,120 | +0.6% | |
| Nolensville, TN | 2 | $81,890 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
- 2 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.
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