Role Filing Pattern
Test Specialist 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.
Test Specialist H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-1253.00
SOC Category: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
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)
-1.2%
Filed H-1B base wages show $100,568 vs BLS national median $101,800
Test Specialist (SOC 15-1253.00, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 filing records. Filed base wages span $77,418 to $113,797 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $100,568. Filed base wages for this role sit below 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
$100,568
H-1B LCA Filings
40LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$113,797
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 IBM Corporation, HCL AMERICA INC, MSR TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC, Birlasoft Solutions, Inc., and Param Consulting Services, 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 Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, Bloomington, IL, West Sacramento, CA, and Quincy, MA. 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$77,418
P25$85,925
Median$100,568
P75$103,418
Max$113,797
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- IBM Corporation$95,19230
- HCL AMERICA INC$108,1266
- MSR TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC$99,7162
- Birlasoft Solutions, Inc.$108,2431
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Filed Wage by City
- Portland, OR$143,0211
- West Sacramento, CA$113,7972
- Quincy, MA$111,7802
- Newark, NJ$103,4181
- Bothell, WA$99,7361
- Englewood, CO$99,7162
- El Segundo, CA$93,0181
- Dallas, TX$86,9233
- Charlotte, NC$86,8961
- Alpharetta, GA$85,9251
- Atlanta, GA$83,5334
- Bloomington, IL$81,1912
- Whitehouse Station, NJ$77,4181
- Monroe, LA$62,0671
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Test Specialist?
The median filed base salary for Test Specialist H-1B LCA records is $100,568 per year.
How many Test Specialist H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 40 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Test Specialist role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Test Specialist?
Top employers filing LCAs for Test Specialist include: IBM Corporation, HCL AMERICA INC, MSR TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC.
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