Test Engineer, H-1B salary
What 5,677 H-1B filings report for “Test Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Test Engineer?
$83k median H-1B base salary for a Test Engineer, typically $63k to $128k, across 5,677 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $105k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California1,396$105k+$22k
- 2South Carolina22$98k+$15k
- 3Maryland83$95k+$12k
- 4Virginia174$94k+$11k
- 5North Carolina117$88k+$5k
- 6Delaware38$88k+$5k
- 7Nebraska27$88k+$5k
- 8New York162$87k+$4k
- 9Colorado114$83ksame
- 10Illinois248$82k−$1k
- 11Idaho21$82k−$1k
- 12New Jersey199$81k−$2k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $83kfor 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 Test Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Test Engineer roles are Mphasis, L&T Technology Services, Atos Syntel, Google, and Tesla, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Test Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Mphasis669 filings$89k
- 2L&T Technology Services310 filings$73k
- 3Atos Syntel227 filings$72k
- 4Google187 filings$160k
- 5Tesla120 filings$124k
- 6SLK America88 filings$70k
- 7Cigniti Technologies84 filings$73k
- 8GlobalLogic79 filings$92k
- 9LTIMindtree63 filings$68k
- 10Apple58 filings$145k
- 11Cisco50 filings$110k
- 12Nvidia48 filings$142k
- 13Texas Instruments48 filings$113k
- 14Open Systems45 filings$64k
- 15Virtusa42 filings$85k
- 16Intel42 filings$91k
- 17Sawtest Solution42 filings$58k
- 18Mindlance39 filings$75k
- 19Zensar39 filings$76k
- 20Tessolve39 filings$67k
- 21CGI39 filings$76k
- 22F538 filings$109k
- 23Elink Elite34 filings$54k
- 24Charter Communications33 filings$90k
- 25Qorvo32 filings$87k
- 26REI Systems31 filings$95k
- 27Tanisha Systems30 filings$78k
- 28Epitec29 filings$97k
- 29Global Technology Associates29 filings$87k
- 30Motorola Solutions26 filings$72k
- 31Hexaware26 filings$74k
- 32KPIT26 filings$67k
- 33Nous Infosystems25 filings$95k
- 34Northwestern Mutual24 filings$95k
- 35LER TechForce23 filings$88k
- 36IBM23 filings$76k
- 37Hewlett Packard Enterprise23 filings$125k
- 38LHP23 filings$65k
- 39MGA Research23 filings$66k
- 40Compunnel21 filings$83k
- 41Nokia20 filings$103k
- 42Cummins19 filings$73k
- 43P3 Group18 filings$89k
- 44Microchip Technology18 filings$78k
- 45Panasonic Avionics18 filings$84k
- 46Allegis Group17 filings$115k
- 47Bahwan Cybertek16 filings$69k
- 48Barclays16 filings$106k
- 49Happiest Minds Technologies16 filings$75k
- 50Bay Area Compliance Laboratories15 filings$81k
Related titles in this family
34,791 filings carry “Test Engineer” in the title, across 3,432 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Software Test Engineer5,397 filings$83k
- 2Senior Test Engineer1,393 filings$98k
- 3Test Engineer Level 21,347 filings$72k
- 4Senior Software Test Engineer900 filings$109k
- 5Automation Test Engineer758 filings$86k
- 6Systems Test Engineer558 filings$97k
- 7Quality Test Engineer470 filings$79k
- 8Software Quality/Test Engineer456 filings$98k
- 9Sr. Test Engineer431 filings$100k
- 10Senior Systems Test Engineer419 filings$102k
- 11QA Test Engineer II410 filings$86k
- 12System Test Engineer397 filings$84k
Figures are for the exact title “Test Engineer”; 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.