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 28 wage applications for Tester jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 9 employers. The median offered wage was $90,845, 6.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. 4CONSULTING, Inc filed the most (14, median $90,423).

Filings: 28
Positions covered: 28
Employers: 9
Median offered: $90,845
Median prevailing wage: $87,516
Filings since FY2020: 141
Median offer change since FY2020: +17%

Tester, all employers28 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$90,845Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$79,999 to $102,690Where the middle half of the filings fall

$87,516Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Tester jobs rose 17%, from $77,500 in fiscal 2020 to $90,845 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 9.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 27 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.

Tester by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	23	$90,845	+17.2%	$87,360	+9.3%
2025	20	$77,500	−3.1%	$68,682	+4.4%
2024	27	$80,000	−7.6%	$79,976	at the minimum
2023	21	$86,611	+23.7%	$86,611	at the minimum
2022	20	$70,000	−6.4%	$69,826	+0.2%
2021	14	$74,784	−3.5%	$72,176	+1.3%
2020	16	$77,500	n/a	$72,540	+2.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
4CONSULTING, Inc	14	$90,423	+7.8%
Millennium Software, Inc.	5	$105,310	+16.1%
Hexaware Technologies, Inc.	3	$99,300	at the minimum
Sligo Software Solutions Inc	1	$100,000	+1.9%
Wehire Technologies LLC	1	$87,672	at the minimum
Innova Solutions, Inc.	1	$92,248	+23.4%
HCL America Inc	1	$88,109	at the minimum
FPT USA Corporation	1	$73,000	+7.1%
Sigma Resources LLC	1	$68,702	at the minimum

Where Tester jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	9	$90,845	+2.9%
Mechanicsburg, PA	4	$80,000	+16.0%
Gold River, CA	2	$105,000	+16.1%
Orlando, FL	2	$91,988	at the minimum
Philadelphia, PA	2	$105,310	+20.5%
Alameda, CA	1	$88,109	at the minimum
Albany, NY	1	$100,000	+1.9%
Baton Rouge, LA	1	$92,248	+23.4%
Cambridge, MA	1	$112,320	+13.1%
Georgetown, TX	1	$101,816	+16.1%
Middletown, DE	1	$77,000	+11.4%
Phoenixville, PA	1	$79,997	+15.8%
Quincy, MA	1	$99,300	at the minimum
Southfield, MI	1	$73,000	+7.1%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry36%

Level II, qualified43%

Level III, experienced14%

Level IV, fully competent7%

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.