SOC 15-1253, wage year 2025-26

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers prevailing wage in Florida

Short answer

In Florida, the median prevailing wage for software quality assurance analysts and testers across its 24 areas is $30.99 an hour at Level 1 ($64,459 a year) and $56.04 an hour at Level 4 ($116,563 a year). The Level 2 median of $39.48 is 4% above the national median across areas ($37.99). Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL is the highest-paying area at $44.71 at Level 2, and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL the lowest at $33.16.

Every Florida area for software quality assurance analysts and testers

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35.88$44.71$53.54$62.37
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$34.14$42.87$51.60$60.33
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$32.72$41.31$49.89$58.48
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$31.61$40.81$50.02$59.22
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$31.77$40.07$48.38$56.68
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$34.09$39.88$45.67$51.46
Sebring, FL$31.40$39.81$48.21$56.62
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$30.13$39.61$49.09$58.57
Homosassa Springs, FL$33.63$39.58$45.54$51.49
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$31.68$39.56$47.45$55.33
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$32.55$39.55$46.54$53.54
Naples-Marco Island, FL$29.22$39.53$49.84$60.15
Ocala, FL$31.04$39.44$47.83$56.23
Punta Gorda, FL$30.39$39.18$47.97$56.76
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$30.94$39.16$47.38$55.60
Jacksonville, FL$31.17$38.47$45.78$53.08
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$29.36$38.42$47.48$56.54
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$29.93$37.93$45.94$53.94
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$28.00$37.53$47.06$56.59
Port St. Lucie, FL$27.55$36.98$46.42$55.85
Gainesville, FL$27.33$35.54$43.76$51.97
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$24.73$34.28$43.84$53.39
Tallahassee, FL$24.96$33.37$41.79$50.20
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$26.73$33.16$39.59$46.02

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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