Role Filing Pattern
Principal Software Test Engineer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Principal Software Test Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-1199.01
SOC Category: Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Principal Software Test Engineer (SOC 15-1199.01, Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 5 filing records. Filed base wages span $113,610 to $136,490 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $119,288. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$119,288
H-1B LCA Filings
5LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$136,490
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from Medtronic, Inc.. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Northridge, CA, Mounds View, MN, and Santa Rosa, CA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
Salary Caveat
The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$113,610
P25$117,562
Median$119,288
P75$136,490
Max$136,490
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Medtronic, Inc.$119,2885
Filed Wage by City
- Northridge, CA$136,4902
- Santa Rosa, CA$117,5621
- Mounds View, MN$116,4492
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Principal Software Test Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Principal Software Test Engineer H-1B LCA records is $119,288 per year.
How many Principal Software Test Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 5 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Principal Software Test Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Principal Software Test Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Principal Software Test Engineer include: Medtronic, Inc..
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Medtronic, Inc.
5 LCA filings
$119,288 median wage
City filing this role
Northridge, CA
2 LCA filings
$136,490 median wage
City filing this role
Mounds View, MN
2 LCA filings
$116,449 median wage
City filing this role
Santa Rosa, CA
1 LCA filings
$117,562 median wage