Professional Quality, H-1B salary
What 179 H-1B filings report for “Professional Quality” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Professional Quality?
$77k median H-1B base salary for a Professional Quality, typically $58k to $87k, across 179 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2025). Highest in California at $84k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California32$84k+$7k
- 2Texas35$77ksame
- 3Illinois33$77ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $77kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1DXC Technology179 filings$77k
Related titles in this family
245 filings carry “Professional Quality” in the title, across 15 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Professional Quality33 filings$93k
- 2Professional - Quality Assurance10 filings$116k
- 3Associate Professional Quality6 filings$58k
- 4Senior Professional Quality Assurance5 filings$124k
- 5Sr Professional, Quality Assurance Engineering2 filings$98k
- 6Us IT Professional - Quality Assurance2 filings$117k
- 7Analyst (Professional) Quality Assurance Engineer1 filings$91k
- 8Associate Professional Quality Assurance Engineer1 filings$89k
- 9Associate Professional Quality Engineer1 filings$62k
- 10 Professional: Quality 1 filings$75k
- 11Professional Quality Assurance (Principal Engineer 2)1 filings$93k
- 12Professional: Quality Professional1 filings$79k
Figures are for the exact title “Professional Quality”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.