Software Engineer in Test, H-1B salary
What 1,080 H-1B filings report for “Software Engineer in Test” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Software Engineer in Test?
$105k median H-1B base salary for a Software Engineer in Test, typically $79k to $140k, across 1,080 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New Hampshire at $126k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New Hampshire25$126k+$21k
- 2California329$122k+$17k
- 3Texas103$109k+$4k
- 4Delaware29$107k+$2k
- 5Washington59$104k−$1k
- 6North Carolina68$102k−$3k
- 7New York35$101k−$4k
- 8Massachusetts173$99k−$6k
- 9Virginia31$87k−$18k
- 10Georgia25$86k−$19k
- 11Illinois51$82k−$23k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $105kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Software Engineer in Test?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Software Engineer in Test roles are MathWorks, Palayekar Companies, Expedia, Barclays, and Rubrik, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Software Engineer in Test filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1MathWorks110 filings$103k
- 2Palayekar Companies54 filings$107k
- 3Expedia38 filings$105k
- 4Barclays29 filings$112k
- 5Rubrik23 filings$140k
- 6Splunk22 filings$153k
- 7Strategy22 filings$83k
- 8Rally Health20 filings$121k
- 9Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company18 filings$135k
- 10Google16 filings$128k
- 11Sony13 filings$109k
- 12Prosper Marketplace13 filings$103k
- 13Compunnel12 filings$126k
- 14HCL Global Systems12 filings$93k
- 15Egencia12 filings$94k
- 16Move12 filings$123k
- 17Vastika10 filings$88k
- 18University of Chicago10 filings$87k
- 19Airtable9 filings$200k
- 20Teknosys9 filings$108k
- 21ByteDance9 filings$185k
- 22Hotwire9 filings$104k
- 23TraceLink9 filings$85k
- 24American Specialty Health8 filings$109k
- 25Adobe8 filings$126k
- 26Tremor Video Dsp7 filings$84k
- 27Palo Alto Networks7 filings$133k
- 28Credit Karma6 filings$98k
- 29iManage6 filings$65k
- 30System Soft Technologies6 filings$105k
- 31Heartflow6 filings$97k
- 32Instructure6 filings$96k
- 33Radian Group6 filings$78k
- 34Svh Software6 filings$93k
- 35Purpose Financial6 filings$86k
- 36Digipulse Technologies5 filings$130k
- 37Kcura5 filings$74k
- 38McKesson5 filings$87k
- 39Mindteck5 filings$113k
- 40Neostride5 filings$86k
- 41PeopleSERVE5 filings$114k
- 42Xometry5 filings$78k
- 43Coyote Logistics5 filings$72k
- 44Optomi5 filings$141k
- 45TrueMotion5 filings$85k
- 46AG Mednet5 filings$83k
- 47Autodesk5 filings$105k
- 48Laserfiche5 filings$80k
- 49Ineight5 filings$84k
- 50Kabbage5 filings$85k
Related titles in this family
2,504 filings carry “Software Engineer in Test” in the title, across 199 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Software Engineer in Test501 filings$125k
- 2Sr. Software Engineer in Test127 filings$136k
- 3Software Engineer in Test II119 filings$100k
- 4Principal Software Engineer in Test82 filings$135k
- 5Staff Software Engineer in Test48 filings$156k
- 6Associate Software Engineer in Test40 filings$67k
- 7Software Engineer in Test III39 filings$122k
- 8Lead Software Engineer in Test38 filings$140k
- 9Software Engineer in Testing28 filings$76k
- 10Software Engineer in Test I25 filings$82k
- 11QA Automation Tester (Software Engineer in Test)24 filings$130k
- 12Software Engineer in Test Automation16 filings$91k
Figures are for the exact title “Software Engineer in Test”; 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.