Test Lead 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 101 wage applications for Test Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 29 employers. The median offered wage was $104,500, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. HCL America Inc filed the most (32, median $108,849).

Filings: 101
Positions covered: 100
Employers: 29
Median offered: $104,500
Median prevailing wage: $95,379
Filings since FY2020: 1,505
Median offer change since FY2020: +24%

Test Lead, all employers101 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$104,500Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$88,397 to $115,239Where the middle half of the filings fall

$95,379Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Test Lead jobs rose 24%, from $84,597 in fiscal 2020 to $105,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 409 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 Lead by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	72	$105,000	+6.5%	$98,134	at the minimum
2025	153	$98,636	+7.3%	$87,568	+0.4%
2024	182	$91,943	+4.2%	$82,794	at the minimum
2023	166	$88,252	−0.1%	$80,059	+1.2%
2022	240	$88,336	+3.9%	$76,045	+6.7%
2021	283	$85,000	+0.5%	$74,027	+11.6%
2020	409	$84,597	n/a	$74,006	+11.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
HCL America Inc	32	$108,849	at the minimum
SLK America Inc	9	$88,088	at the minimum
Hexaware Technologies, Inc.	9	$99,299	at the minimum
IBM Corporation	7	$102,669	at the minimum
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.	7	$87,714	at the minimum
Echo IT Solutions Inc	4	$110,000	+0.9%
Unique Key Resources Inc	3	$79,040	+29.3%
TSQ Systems Inc	3	$110,200	at the minimum
Cigniti Technologies, Inc.	3	$99,299	+3.2%
Populus Group LLC	3	$149,760	+40.4%
Qualizeal	2	$82,000	+12.7%
Nous Infosystems PVT. Ltd.	2	$120,000	+1.4%
Dotdash Media Inc.	1	$136,240	+93.7%
Synchronisys, Inc.	1	$74,880	+2.8%
Indotronix International Corporation	1	$104,000	+13.8%
Ibase Operations Corp.	1	$120,000	+0.1%
The Brixton Group LLC	1	$120,640	+41.9%
Barclays Services Corp.	1	$222,245	+40.4%
Teknosys, Inc.	1	$110,198	at the minimum
Synthesis Systems, Inc.	1	$143,000	+86.6%
eSolutionsFirst LLC	1	$139,443	at the minimum
EVRY USA Corporation	1	$144,000	+155.4%
KPIT Technologies, Inc.	1	$105,000	+2.7%
System Soft Technologies, LLC	1	$120,370	+16.9%
Information Technology and Management Consulting, Inc.	1	$87,714	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 29. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Test Lead jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Chicago, IL	7	$88,088	at the minimum
Plano, TX	7	$91,374	at the minimum
Pittsburgh, PA	6	$84,857	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	4	$85,463	+3.8%
Burlingame, CA	3	$113,277	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	3	$120,640	+23.7%
Dallas, TX	3	$110,200	at the minimum
Leander, TX	3	$149,760	+40.4%
Louisville, KY	3	$88,546	+11.2%
Austin, TX	2	$101,395	+16.6%
El Segundo, CA	2	$79,040	+29.3%
Fairfax, VA	2	$120,000	+1.4%
Irving, TX	2	$110,349	+0.1%
Kansas City, MO	2	$78,440	+7.7%
Lisle, IL	2	$105,000	+0.3%
Mountain View, CA	2	$131,612	at the minimum
North Quincy, MA	2	$99,299	at the minimum
Oakland, CA	2	$115,000	+1.5%
Orlando, FL	2	$91,988	at the minimum
Philadelphia, PA	2	$87,360	at the minimum
San Antonio, TX	2	$98,134	at the minimum
Acton, MA	1	$99,299	at the minimum
Arlington, VA	1	$106,500	at the minimum
Auburn Hills, MI	1	$105,000	+2.7%
Byram, MS	1	$88,500	+6.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry5%

Level II, qualified58%

Level III, experienced34%

Level IV, fully competent3%

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.
1 filing is 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.