Role Filing Pattern
Quality Assurance Engineer III appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Quality Assurance Engineer III H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2141.00
SOC Category: Mechanical Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
+76.5%
Filed H-1B base wages show $175,600 vs BLS national median $99,510
Quality Assurance Engineer III (SOC 17-2141.00, Mechanical Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 filing records. Filed base wages span $119,843 to $190,900 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $175,600. Filed base wages for this role sit above the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. 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
$175,600
H-1B LCA Filings
40LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$190,900
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 Amazon.com Services LLC, Total Administrative Services Corporation, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation. 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 Sunnyvale, CA, Seattle, WA, Austin, TX, Minneapolis, MN, and Bellevue, WA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$119,843
P25$163,100
Median$175,600
P75$181,100
Max$190,900
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Amazon.com Services LLC$175,60036
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- Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation$110,8791
- United States Steel Corporation$117,8321
Filed Wage by City
- Sunnyvale, CA$200,41412
- New York, NY$181,1132
- Santa Cruz, CA$175,6001
- Austin, TX$173,1003
- Denver, CO$172,9001
- Seattle, WA$170,50012
- Bellevue, WA$167,9832
- Minneapolis, MN$154,7002
- Madison, WI$112,7232
- Savannah, GA$110,8791
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Quality Assurance Engineer III?
The median filed base salary for Quality Assurance Engineer III H-1B LCA records is $175,600 per year.
How many Quality Assurance Engineer III H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 40 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Quality Assurance Engineer III role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Quality Assurance Engineer III?
Top employers filing LCAs for Quality Assurance Engineer III include: Amazon.com Services LLC, Total Administrative Services Corporation, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
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Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
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$110,879 median wage
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