Quality Assurance Engineer 3, H-1B salary
What 182 H-1B filings report for “Quality Assurance Engineer 3” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Quality Assurance Engineer 3?
$114k median H-1B base salary for a Quality Assurance Engineer 3, typically $95k to $135k, across 182 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $139k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California21$139k+$25k
- 2New Jersey21$117k+$3k
- 3Texas29$115k+$1k
- 4Ohio24$110k−$4k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $114kfor 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
Related titles in this family
205 filings carry “Quality Assurance Engineer 3” in the title, across 5 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Software Quality Assurance Engineer 317 filings$101k
- 2Quality Assurance Engineer (3), 15-1199.014 filings$83k
- 3Quality Assurance Engineer (3), SOC 15.11991 filings$90k
- 4Software Quality Assurance Engineer 3 (15-1199.01)1 filings$125k
Figures are for the exact title “Quality Assurance Engineer 3”; 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.