Software QA and test engineers design test plans and automation to verify software quality before release. Based on 75,287 H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a QA / Software Test Engineer is $102,814 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $76,848 |
| 25th | $86,320 |
| 50th (median) | $102,814 |
| 75th | $126,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $150,000 |
Of 75,287 filings, 68,849 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 6,438 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 9% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | 4,821 | $99,256 |
| 2 | CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC | 1,773 | $107,554 |
| 3 | TATA CONSLTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 1,759 | $92,424 |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 1,583 | $141,553 |
| 5 | Accenture LLP | 1,159 | $116,290 |
| 6 | INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 1,117 | $84,912 |
| 7 | APPLE INC. | 817 | $155,713 |
| 8 | LTIMINDTREE LIMITED | 772 | $97,242 |
| 9 | IBM CORPORATION | 757 | $111,850 |
| 10 | HCL America, Inc. | 754 | $100,592 |
| 11 | COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC | 741 | $99,645 |
| 12 | Deloitte LLP | 631 | $111,822 |
| 13 | Mphasis Corporation | 567 | $101,453 |
| 14 | Salesforce, Inc. | 509 | $156,036 |
| 15 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 464 | $134,782 |
| 16 | WIPRO LIMITED | 462 | $86,278 |
| 17 | Synechron, Inc. | 453 | $102,478 |
| 18 | TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC | 435 | $98,668 |
| 19 | NTT DATA Americas, Inc. | 418 | $111,629 |
| 20 | UST Global Inc | 412 | $97,420 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 12,332 | $100,978 |
| California | 12,160 | $137,746 |
| New Jersey | 3,969 | $111,199 |
| Georgia | 3,889 | $100,073 |
| North Carolina | 3,677 | $103,860 |
| Illinois | 3,177 | $97,950 |
| Washington | 2,578 | $119,600 |
| Florida | 2,515 | $97,116 |
| Massachusetts | 2,488 | $115,483 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,479 | $95,221 |
| New York | 2,152 | $118,387 |
| Ohio | 2,118 | $95,171 |
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Salaries are the offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.