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Salaries / Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers / Charlotte

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salaries in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27

Employers filed 451 certified H-1B applications for software quality assurance analysts and testers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 177 employers.

The middle half of offers were $85,000 to $120,500 a year, with a median of $102,500: 6% below the national median for this job ($108,500).

The most common wage level was Level II (47% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $63,773 at Level I and $79,477 at Level II.

25th percentile$85,000
Median offer$102,500
75th percentile$120,500
National median$108,500

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Wage levels

DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.

LevelShare of filingsPrevailing wage (minimum)
Level I (entry)2%$63,773
Level II (qualified)47%$79,477
Level III (experienced)33%$95,202
Level IV (fully competent)17%$110,906

Who sponsors software quality assurance analysts and testers here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp80$102,500—
Synechron Inc.30$106,00016
Capgemini America Inc19$111,00038
Randstad Digital, Llc16$118,00017
Tata Consultancy Services Limited12$85,00029
NTT DATA Americas, Inc.10$120,5006
LTIMindtree Limited9$85,00020
Coforge Limited8$85,000—
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.7$76,000—
Accenture LLP7$102,00036
Compunnel Software Group, Inc7$102,500—
LPL Financial LLC7$137,0003
Artech, LLC7$131,0001
Deloitte Consulting LLP6$143,50062
Persistent Systems, Inc.6$100,5008

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Common titles filed under this occupation: Mgr. Jc50 - Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers, Sa Jc60 - Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers, Qa Engineer, Software Test Engineer, Test Engineer, Software Quality Assurance Analyst And Tester, Qa Analyst, Qa Automation Engineer.

About this data

Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.