Software QA Engineer H-1B Salary

672 certified H-1B filings list the job title Software QA Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $100,000; the middle half of filings fall between $83,300 and $130,900. The largest sponsor for this title is Cisco Systems, Inc. (122 filings).

672
certified filings
$100,000
Median base salary
$83,300
25th pct
$130,900
75th pct
$152,500
90th pct
$72,800
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$72,800$100,000 median$152,500

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026130$102,856
FY2025169$103,721
FY2024175$100,000
FY2023198$93,913

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA39$141,107
Sunnyvale, CA38$139,500
Santa Clara, CA29$164,050
Milpitas, CA20$148,750
San Francisco, CA16$141,356
Houston, TX13$81,099
Fremont, CA12$135,000
Austin, TX11$110,000
Richardson, TX11$121,700
Edison, NJ10$78,312
Irving, TX10$87,547
Morrisville, NC9$99,300
Mountain View, CA9$102,710
Boxborough, MA8$122,700
Dallas, TX8$92,468
Jacksonville, FL8$101,860
Memphis, TN8$68,349
Plano, TX8$88,187
Chicago, IL7$88,088
Frisco, TX7$86,923

Software QA Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Cisco Systems, Inc.122$132,900
Fortinet, Inc.24$130,804
INNOMINDS SOFTWARE INC23$81,328
Tesla, Inc.17$135,000
NVIDIA Corporation16$165,294
Nokia of America Corporation14$195,486
ServiceNow, Inc.11$102,835
SYSTEM SOFT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC11$100,000
UNIFY SOLUTIONS INC8$87,000
CORPORATE SOLUTIONS GENERAL INC7$81,099
SYSINTEL, INC.7$84,000
Terralogic Solutions, Inc.7$95,000
DGN Technologies, Inc6$102,710
EdvenSoft Solutions LLC6$66,000
EVEREST INFOTECH LLC6$78,000
Pax Technology Inc6$103,721
Autodesk, Inc.5$138,445
COGNITIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, INC.5$75,500
COPART, INC5$94,965
Futurevision360 LLC5$61,589
KLA Corporation5$125,259
L&T Technology Services Limited5$93,913
OM TEK INC5$91,374
Safeway Inc.5$150,000
SYSTECHCORP, INC.5$82,700
Adbakx LLC4$72,675
Applied Materials, Inc4$165,544
Aspire Tech LLC4$80,059
COGNIER INC4$89,472
EBYTE TECHNOLOGIES INC4$81,099
EFICENS SYSTEMS INC4$111,400
Infosoft, LLC4$75,906
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.4$137,270
Majestic IT Services Inc4$78,426
Maxwell Tech Systems LLC4$72,051
Neoitek Systems Inc.4$90,975
NOETIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS LLC4$93,750
Vaarg Inc4$88,187
Vision IT USA Inc.4$86,861
Werner Enterprises, Inc.4$91,198
CONSIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC3$90,000
Cricut, Inc.3$90,000
E-BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL INC3$80,000
ISOFTECH INC3$99,100
Niha Technologies, Inc3$94,100
Nirvana Enterprises LLC3$72,800
STAIDLOGIC LLC3$141,107
SYSCONSULT LLC.3$82,000
TAO DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC3$81,890
Techsila LLC3$97,760

Related job titles

Senior Software QA Engineer $138,590Staff Software QA Engineer $163,919Software Engineer $135,408QA Engineer $87,672Engineer, Software $116,505Senior Software Engineer $141,969Staff Software Engineer $175,000Software Engineer III $125,082Software Engineer II $126,000Software Development Engineer $150,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer