Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester 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 289 wage applications for Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 59 employers. The median offered wage was $95,000, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. LTIMindtree Limited filed the most (91, median $91,375).
- Filings
- 289
- Positions covered
- 951
- Employers
- 59
- Median offered
- $95,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $91,374
- Filings since FY2020
- 866
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +16%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester jobs rose 16%, from $81,848 in fiscal 2022 to $95,097 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 274 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 Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 230 | $95,097 | −4.8% | $92,560 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 274 | $99,840 | +9.7% | $86,923 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 240 | $90,979 | +5.0% | $85,925 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 101 | $86,611 | +5.8% | $81,588 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 17 | $81,848 | +6.5% | $80,974 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 3 | $76,856 | n/a | $72,883 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTIMindtree Limited | 91 | $91,375 | at the minimum | |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 52 | $102,750 | +4.2% | |
| Apple Inc. | 39 | $147,400 | +20.8% | |
| HTC Global Services Inc. | 14 | $90,771 | at the minimum | |
| Hexaware Technologies, Inc. | 8 | $104,728 | at the minimum | |
| LTM Limited | 6 | $82,348 | at the minimum | |
| Tata Elxsi Limited | 5 | $87,360 | at the minimum | |
| Horizon International Trd. Inc. | 5 | $99,840 | +0.5% | |
| Tanisha Systems, Inc | 3 | $113,300 | +0.1% | |
| Megan Soft VA | 3 | $85,571 | at the minimum | |
| MERP Systems, Inc. | 3 | $103,840 | at the minimum | |
| XIT Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $72,550 | at the minimum | |
| Maveric NXT Inc | 3 | $82,638 | +13.4% | |
| Visys Cloud Solutions LLC | 2 | $101,982 | at the minimum | |
| Megan Soft, Inc. | 2 | $85,800 | +0.3% | |
| Decision Six Inc | 2 | $86,611 | at the minimum | |
| Equi-Tek LLC. | 2 | $88,250 | +0.1% | |
| Verveba Telecom LLC | 2 | $96,350 | +0.2% | |
| Zensar Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $109,887 | at the minimum | |
| U.S. HI-Tech solutions, Inc. | 2 | $129,060 | at the minimum | |
| Neo Tech Solutions Inc. | 1 | $96,117 | at the minimum | |
| Prosquire LLC | 1 | $88,100 | +0.1% | |
| Zentrix IT Solutions LLC | 1 | $80,018 | at the minimum | |
| Work4flow Inc. | 1 | $71,427 | at the minimum | |
| Jean Martin Inc | 1 | $102,086 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 59. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupertino, CA | 19 | $154,428 | at the minimum | |
| San Diego, CA | 18 | $134,800 | +21.3% | |
| Austin, TX | 15 | $125,550 | +18.1% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 13 | $108,681 | at the minimum | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 9 | $81,371 | at the minimum | |
| Dallas, TX | 8 | $91,375 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 6 | $82,348 | at the minimum | |
| Irving, TX | 6 | $89,149 | at the minimum | |
| Charlotte, NC | 5 | $85,100 | +0.1% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 5 | $102,086 | at the minimum | |
| Philadelphia, PA | 5 | $87,360 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 5 | $91,400 | at the minimum | |
| Westlake, TX | 5 | $105,000 | +11.9% | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 4 | $92,250 | +2.9% | |
| Auburn Hills, MI | 4 | $85,686 | +0.1% | |
| Frisco, TX | 4 | $91,448 | at the minimum | |
| Houston, TX | 4 | $84,907 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 4 | $102,087 | at the minimum | |
| Belmont, MA | 3 | $99,840 | +0.5% | |
| Chicago, IL | 3 | $104,728 | at the minimum | |
| Dearborn, MI | 3 | $85,571 | at the minimum | |
| Hartford, CT | 3 | $84,178 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 3 | $86,612 | at the minimum | |
| Richmond, VA | 3 | $102,500 | +10.4% | |
| Washington, DC | 3 | $107,000 | +0.5% | |
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.
- 10 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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