Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
SOC Code: 15-1253.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 66,133 H-1B LCA filings for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers from 8,038 employer filers, with a 98.1% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $108,135. The highest-volume worksite state is TX with 11,546 filings. The highest-volume filer is Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1253.00, the extract lists 66,133 Labor Condition Application filings from 8,038 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 98.1% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers ranks #5 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 1% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. The highest-volume employer filer is Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP with 4,713 filings at an average listed offered wage of $99,382, followed by Capgemini America INC, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Amazon.com Services LLC. Geographically, TX leads with 11,546 filings (average listed wage $100,577), followed by CA, NJ, GA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP | 4,713 | $99,382 |
| Capgemini America INC | 1,765 | $107,137 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 1,652 | $89,590 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 1,387 | $139,981 |
| Infosys Limited | 1,126 | $84,817 |
| Accenture LLP | 1,085 | $116,278 |
| IBM Corporation | 767 | $110,181 |
| HCL America INC | 743 | $100,741 |
| LTIMindtree Limited | 737 | $96,530 |
| Compunnel Software Group, INC | 725 | $99,126 |
| Apple Inc. | 704 | $159,602 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 578 | $114,056 |
| Mphasis Corporation | 577 | $101,389 |
| Wipro Limited | 464 | $85,856 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 442 | $156,874 |
| Tech Mahindra (Americas), INC | 410 | $98,055 |
| NTT DATA Americas, Inc. | 403 | $111,560 |
| Ust Global INC | 403 | $96,970 |
| Synechron INC | 379 | $101,022 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 373 | $131,971 |
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