H-1B demand profile: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1297-00, employers filed 59 Labor Condition Applications for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D positions across 21 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 98.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D. Offered wages on LCAs range from $59,550 at the floor to $142,758 at the ceiling, with an average of $99,112. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D. The top sponsor is Group Health Plan, Inc with 10 petitions at an average offered wage of $99,543, followed by Group Health, Inc, National Marrow Donor Program, OCLC, Inc. Geographically, TX leads with 14 filings (avg $105,491), followed by MN, OH, WA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.