Software Quality 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 149 wage applications for Software Quality Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 86 employers. The median offered wage was $96,000, 0.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. ServiceNow, Inc. filed the most (10, median $103,990).

Filings: 149
Positions covered: 149
Employers: 86
Median offered: $96,000
Median prevailing wage: $91,374
Filings since FY2020: 983
Median offer change since FY2020: +9%

Software Quality Engineer, all employers149 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$96,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$85,981 to $114,550Where 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 Software Quality Engineer jobs rose 9%, from $87,472 in fiscal 2020 to $95,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 168 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 Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	121	$95,000	−6.7%	$91,374	+0.4%
2025	145	$101,793	+2.3%	$97,157	at the minimum
2024	126	$99,549	+4.8%	$93,840	+0.1%
2023	124	$95,000	−2.1%	$85,405	+0.5%
2022	164	$97,053	+10.5%	$85,946	at the minimum
2021	135	$87,852	+0.4%	$79,373	+1.6%
2020	168	$87,472	n/a	$82,035	+0.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
ServiceNow, Inc.	10	$103,990	at the minimum
Adobe Inc.	7	$177,000	+20.8%
Compunnel Software Group, Inc	5	$105,000	+20.2%
Enternet Business Systems, Inc.	5	$98,000	+0.7%
Nokia of America Corporation	4	$186,812	+12.9%
Janim Systems Inc	4	$110,000	+4.3%
Infodat International Inc.	3	$85,000	+1.3%
Innovative Consulting Solutions LLC	3	$85,571	at the minimum
HCL Global Systems Inc	3	$92,310	at the minimum
Flextronics International USA, Inc.	3	$115,000	+7.8%
California Creative Solutions, Inc.	3	$97,469	at the minimum
Divis Solutions Inc.	3	$90,000	+2.2%
Red Hat, LLC	2	$110,863	+33.9%
Strategic Resources International Inc	2	$90,355	at the minimum
3i INFOTECH INC.	2	$82,098	at the minimum
LSP USA, LLC	2	$76,250	+18.9%
Maverick Innogarage LLC	2	$91,374	at the minimum
Aimech USA, LLC	2	$76,139	+24.9%
Dataquad Inc	2	$88,680	+1.5%
Optivent Group Inc	2	$113,755	+17.3%
Iflex Inc	2	$92,560	+0.3%
Intel Corporation	2	$213,127	+10.1%
Savvients Inc	2	$98,688	+11.1%
Singular Analysts Inc	2	$88,962	at the minimum
American Chase LLC	2	$86,601	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 86. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Software Quality Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Atlanta, GA	9	$90,000	+0.7%
San Jose, CA	9	$175,000	+5.8%
Santa Clara, CA	6	$129,792	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	6	$177,031	+12.9%
Austin, TX	5	$115,000	+7.8%
San Diego, CA	5	$94,806	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	4	$91,000	+3.3%
Raleigh, NC	3	$92,310	+27.5%
Snohomish, WA	3	$113,424	+4.4%
Celina, TX	2	$91,374	at the minimum
Duluth, GA	2	$83,267	+0.4%
Fair Lawn, NJ	2	$90,355	at the minimum
Florence, KY	2	$88,962	at the minimum
Forney, TX	2	$115,000	+4.4%
Houston, TX	2	$85,500	+0.7%
Louisville, KY	2	$90,657	+7.0%
Malvern, PA	2	$88,680	+1.5%
Niles, OH	2	$76,250	+18.9%
O'Fallon, MO	2	$110,240	+58.5%
Phoenix, AZ	2	$131,558	+18.6%
Pullman, WA	2	$96,440	+1.1%
San Antonio, TX	2	$81,994	+0.2%
San Francisco, CA	2	$95,680	at the minimum
Sylmar, CA	2	$87,526	+2.9%
Alameda, CA	1	$133,000	+17.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry10%

Level II, qualified69%

Level III, experienced17%

Level IV, fully competent4%

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.