Salaries / Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers / San Jose
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 1,345 certified H-1B applications for software quality assurance analysts and testers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 373 employers.
The middle half of offers were $130,000 to $185,000 a year, with a median of $158,000: 46% above the national median for this job ($108,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (41% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $98,322 at Level I and $129,022 at Level II.
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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.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 17% | $98,322 |
| Level II (qualified) | 41% | $129,022 |
| Level III (experienced) | 24% | $159,744 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 17% | $190,445 |
Who sponsors software quality assurance analysts and testers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 137 | $172,000 | 81 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 75 | $165,500 | — |
| Google LLC | 49 | $179,000 | — |
| Nokia of America Corporation | 39 | $174,500 | 32 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 38 | $201,000 | 18 |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 38 | $223,500 | — |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 32 | $165,500 | 56 |
| Adobe Inc. | 27 | $160,000 | 12 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 27 | $165,500 | 24 |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 26 | $155,000 | 32 |
| Etouch Systems Corporation | 26 | $130,000 | 9 |
| Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | 22 | $130,000 | — |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 18 | $129,500 | 16 |
| Hcl America Inc | 18 | $130,000 | — |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18 | $172,500 | 20 |
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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.