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 477 wage applications for Test Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 166 employers. The median offered wage was $106,454, 5.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Mphasis Corporation filed the most (89, median $110,000).
- Filings
- 477
- Positions covered
- 614
- Employers
- 166
- Median offered
- $106,454
- Median prevailing wage
- $92,258
- Filings since FY2020
- 3,168
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +34%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Test Engineer jobs rose 34%, from $79,560 in fiscal 2020 to $106,454 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 522 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.
Test Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 369 | $106,454 | +6.5% | $92,144 | +5.8% |
| 2025 | 522 | $100,000 | +0.5% | $86,320 | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 446 | $99,500 | +10.6% | $85,925 | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 439 | $90,000 | no change | $82,222 | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 500 | $90,000 | +8.4% | $76,981 | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 431 | $83,000 | +4.3% | $75,046 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 461 | $79,560 | n/a | $75,213 | +0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mphasis Corporation | 89 | $110,000 | +29.6% | |
| Tesla, Inc. | 50 | $140,000 | +23.6% | |
| Google LLC | 35 | $192,000 | +20.8% | |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | 24 | $102,000 | +0.2% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 16 | $142,454 | at the minimum | |
| GlobalLogic Inc. | 9 | $71,427 | at the minimum | |
| Caravels, LLC | 9 | $67,000 | +2.9% | |
| Elink Elite, LLC | 7 | $72,800 | +0.3% | |
| SRI Tech Solutions Inc. | 7 | $94,162 | at the minimum | |
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | 6 | $107,792 | +11.3% | |
| Microchip Technology Inc. | 4 | $115,097 | at the minimum | |
| Rongcheer LLC | 4 | $86,500 | +57.6% | |
| Uniplus Consultants, Inc. | 4 | $106,454 | at the minimum | |
| FII USA Inc. | 4 | $68,956 | +5.2% | |
| LER TechForce, LLC | 4 | $92,541 | +5.3% | |
| Trane Technologies Company LLC | 3 | $91,148 | +1.2% | |
| Tek Labs, Inc. | 3 | $94,702 | at the minimum | |
| Nokia of America Corporation | 3 | $102,000 | +0.3% | |
| Freedom Debt Relief LLC | 3 | $123,000 | +0.6% | |
| Zensar Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $94,702 | at the minimum | |
| Open Systems, Inc. | 3 | $68,640 | at the minimum | |
| Ford Motor Company | 3 | $92,144 | at the minimum | |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 3 | $107,099 | at the minimum | |
| Cigniti Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $94,767 | +1.6% | |
| Joby Aero, Inc. | 3 | $134,056 | +9.3% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 166. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Test Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 32 | $173,842 | +19.0% | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 23 | $145,600 | +14.3% | |
| Austin, TX | 20 | $107,500 | +19.8% | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 18 | $142,308 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 15 | $93,913 | +2.0% | |
| Fremont, CA | 14 | $139,740 | +17.8% | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 10 | $139,030 | +11.2% | |
| Rincon, GA | 9 | $67,000 | +2.9% | |
| San Jose, CA | 9 | $166,000 | +18.5% | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 6 | $97,365 | +14.6% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 6 | $96,980 | +1.7% | |
| Collierville, TN | 6 | $88,527 | +28.1% | |
| Lathrop, CA | 6 | $128,627 | +39.0% | |
| Tempe, AZ | 6 | $123,000 | +0.6% | |
| Charlotte, NC | 5 | $92,310 | +8.6% | |
| Dallas, TX | 5 | $91,374 | at the minimum | |
| Deerfield, IL | 5 | $71,427 | at the minimum | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 5 | $96,812 | +6.3% | |
| Manassas, VA | 5 | $106,454 | at the minimum | |
| Wilmington, DE | 5 | $90,000 | +3.0% | |
| Durham, NC | 4 | $90,168 | at the minimum | |
| Houston, TX | 4 | $104,500 | +12.3% | |
| Irvine, CA | 4 | $115,794 | +9.8% | |
| Marshall, MI | 4 | $86,500 | +57.6% | |
| Mount Pleasant, WI | 4 | $68,956 | +5.2% | |
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.
- 14 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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