Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Staff Software Test Engineer
Occupation profile for Staff Software Test Engineer covers 27 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $160,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $160,000
- Total filings
- 27
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $155,000–$197,400
- Top employer
- Dish Wireless LLC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 4 | $117,166 | $113,422 | $130,583 |
| FY2025 | 18 | $124,904 | $113,922 | $158,645 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 5 | $160,000 | $155,000 | $197,400 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Dish Wireless LLC5 filings
- APPTRONIK, INC.2 filings
- Clari, Inc.2 filings
- CyberSource Corporation2 filings
- DISH Network LLC2 filings
- Move, Inc2 filings
- Stryker Corporation2 filings
- Visa Technology & Operations LLC2 filings
- Visa U.S.A. Inc.2 filings
- ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.1 filings
Top cities
- Englewood5 filings
- Austin5 filings
- San Jose3 filings
- Atlanta3 filings
- Westlake Village2 filings
- Denver2 filings
- Alameda1 filings
- Menlo Park1 filings
- Milpitas1 filings
- Pleasanton1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COArea 19740 | 15-1253 | $82,846 | $102,294 | $121,763 | $141,211 |
| 2026-27 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 12420 | 15-1253 | $70,616 | $90,043 | $109,450 | $128,877 |
| 2026-27 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 12060 | 15-1253 | $74,381 | $90,750 | $107,141 | $123,510 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1253 | $98,322 | $129,022 | $159,744 | $190,445 |
| 2026-27 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CAArea 37100 | 15-1252 | $104,250 | $138,965 | $173,659 | $208,374 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1253 | $80,579 | $108,472 | $136,344 | $164,237 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 15-1253 | $72,280 | $94,786 | $117,291 | $139,797 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1252 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 17-2141 | $117,998 | $141,835 | $165,693 | $189,530 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-1252 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |