Software Test 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 348 wage applications for Software Test Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 174 employers. The median offered wage was $93,650, 0.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc. filed the most (35, median $108,680).

Filings: 348
Positions covered: 400
Employers: 174
Median offered: $93,650
Median prevailing wage: $91,135
Filings since FY2020: 2,649
Median offer change since FY2020: +17%

Software Test Engineer, all employers348 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$93,650Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$83,999 to $114,816Where the middle half of the filings fall

$91,135Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Test Engineer jobs rose 17%, from $85,509 in fiscal 2020 to $100,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 471 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 Test Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	246	$100,000	+15.0%	$91,374	+0.3%
2025	434	$86,923	−2.9%	$85,480	at the minimum
2024	370	$89,482	+1.5%	$83,783	+0.1%
2023	350	$88,163	−3.1%	$83,845	+0.1%
2022	432	$91,000	+4.0%	$81,640	+0.8%
2021	346	$87,500	+2.3%	$79,030	+0.8%
2020	471	$85,509	n/a	$80,163	+0.1%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.	35	$108,680	+5.5%
Arista Networks, Inc.	17	$129,481	at the minimum
Infocons Inc	14	$80,475	at the minimum
Decision Six Inc	11	$80,475	at the minimum
Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc.	10	$88,588	at the minimum
Compunnel Software Group, Inc	9	$126,000	+16.3%
Versa Networks, Inc.	9	$201,053	at the minimum
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.	7	$144,200	+21.7%
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.	6	$83,744	+18.6%
Sawtest Solution Inc.	4	$72,800	+0.3%
Nokia of America Corporation	4	$162,882	+43.5%
Yerralpha LLC	4	$72,550	at the minimum
System Soft Technologies, LLC	4	$85,100	+0.1%
Zurich American Insurance Company	4	$106,227	+8.2%
Centific Global Solutions, Inc.	3	$84,000	+0.4%
Neumeric Technologies Corporation	3	$83,200	+6.9%
Testing Mavens LLC	3	$102,100	at the minimum
Nanosoft Technologies, Inc.	3	$110,000	+9.0%
Arcus Technologies	3	$82,000	+3.0%
Millennium Software, Inc.	3	$104,000	+4.7%
Qualtrics, LLC	3	$172,000	+45.8%
Astir Services LLC	3	$87,000	+0.2%
Astir IT Solutions, Inc	2	$76,750	+3.2%
E-Giants Technologies LLC	2	$101,899	at the minimum
Amdocs, Inc.	2	$97,000	+7.6%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 174. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Software Test Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Santa Clara, CA	22	$148,286	at the minimum
Westlake, TX	13	$126,000	+14.3%
Austin, TX	12	$108,340	+13.7%
Plano, TX	10	$101,964	+5.5%
Redmond, WA	10	$108,680	+0.1%
San Jose, CA	10	$129,792	at the minimum
Exton, PA	9	$80,475	at the minimum
Irving, TX	9	$91,374	at the minimum
Newtown Square, PA	8	$80,475	at the minimum
Frisco, TX	7	$84,000	at the minimum
Nashua, NH	6	$90,495	at the minimum
Cedar Rapids, IA	5	$96,000	+3.7%
Fremont, CA	5	$115,800	+2.8%
Richardson, TX	5	$72,800	+0.3%
San Francisco, CA	5	$113,277	+5.9%
Alpharetta, GA	4	$85,723	+1.6%
Anoka, MN	4	$106,227	+8.2%
Bellevue, WA	4	$104,208	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	4	$85,030	at the minimum
Chesterfield, MO	4	$82,494	+18.6%
Chicago, IL	4	$84,044	+2.1%
Cumming, GA	4	$82,347	at the minimum
Erie, PA	4	$110,000	+9.0%
Leander, TX	4	$113,499	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	4	$146,489	+31.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry19%

Level II, qualified61%

Level III, experienced12%

Level IV, fully competent8%

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.
7 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.