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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

Test Engineer (SOC 15-1199.01, Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 265 filing records. Filed base wages span $78,166 to $166,504 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $129,792. 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

$129,792

H-1B LCA Filings

265LCA records

Top 10% Salary

$166,504
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.

Role Filing Pattern

Test Engineer appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 265 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.

Employer Concentration

The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from Mphasis Corporation, Google LLC, L&T Technology Services Limited, SRI Tech Solutions, Inc., and Tesla, 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 Mountain View, CA, Santa Clara, CA, Plano, TX, Austin, TX, and San Jose, 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 filings

Quartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.

Min$78,166
P25$86,923
Median$129,792
P75$130,000
Max$166,504

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Test Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Test Engineer H-1B LCA records is $129,792 per year.
How many Test Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 265 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Test Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Test Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Test Engineer include: Mphasis Corporation, Google LLC, L&T Technology Services Limited.

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