SOC 15-1253.00
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — H-1B offered wages
Wages employers attested they would pay on certified Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC 15-1253.00.
- 25th percentile
- $89,182
- Median
- $105,185
- 75th percentile
- $128,516
- Employers
- 100
Offered wage, per year
Derived from $5,000 bands, not stored
11,230 disclosed positions
Offered wage, per year
Distinct sponsors behind the distribution
Top 100 sponsors of this occupation were read
Wage distribution
Each band is $5,000 wide.
25th $89,182 · median $105,185 · 75th $128,516 · 11,230 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Prevailing wage level
Level I is entry, IV is fully competent. The level sets the wage floor the employer had to meet.
Level I
155
5%
Level II
1,289
41%
Level III
980
31%
Level IV
597
19%
Not stated
101
3%
By employer
Each median is derived from that employer's own wage bands for this occupation — never an average of medians.
| Employer | Headquarters | Median | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. | Fairfax, VA | $89,000 | 1,466 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | NEW YORK, NY | $92,508 | 1,301 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | NEW YORK, NY | $92,500 | 1,200 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS SERVICES LLC | NEW YORK, NY | $92,500 | 1,200 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Seattle, WA | $130,863 | 953 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $149,098 | 504 |
| RANDSTAD DIGITAL, LLC | WOBURN, MA | $100,492 | 494 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino, CA | $147,639 | 487 |
| COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP | COLLEGE STATION, TX | $100,690 | 348 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $131,800 | 338 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $92,222 | 212 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | Austin, TX | $144,750 | 164 |
| Capgemini America Inc | Chicago, IL | $118,125 | 132 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | Santa Clara, CA | $170,282 | 125 |
| LTIMindtree Limited | Edison, NJ | $91,190 | 116 |
By metro
Metros with at least 15 disclosed positions across 3 or more employers.
| Metro | Median | Positions | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX | $92,726 | 1,407 | 22 |
| New York, NY | $102,725 | 1,268 | 16 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $87,508 | 1,252 | 5 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $151,304 | 378 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $73,295 | 340 | 13 |
| Austin, TX | $127,552 | 333 | 28 |
| San Jose, CA | $153,775 | 319 | 15 |
| Seattle, WA | $114,505 | 308 | 6 |
| Cupertino, CA | $151,310 | 276 | 3 |
| Westlake, TX | $94,714 | 264 | 9 |
| Bellevue, WA | $132,778 | 242 | 9 |
| Charlotte, NC | $95,833 | 221 | 19 |
| Santa Clara, CA | $172,302 | 204 | 12 |
| San Diego, CA | $136,713 | 202 | 5 |
| Plano, TX | $110,213 | 184 | 24 |
443 further metros are present in the data but below the reporting floor, so no range is published for them.
Percentiles are interpolated inside $5,000 bands summed across the 100 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — so they describe those sponsors, not the whole labour market. A page is only published when at least 25 disclosed positions across 3 employers stand behind it. Wages are what the employer attested at filing time, before the job started.