H1B Report
Salary comparison

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers vs Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
SOC 17-2031Rank #77

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricBioengineers and Biomedical EngineersSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$89,082$81,600
P25 wage$71,406$68,715
P75 wage$113,474$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,068$31,290
Total filings9,426375,227
Wage samples9,366374,517
Rank#77#4

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$78k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$83k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$87k
FY2020$95k
FY2021$100k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$125k
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$70k
FY2012$68k
FY2013$68k
FY2014$69k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$71k
FY2017$74k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$88k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$97k
FY2023$98k
FY2024$100k
FY2025$103k
FY2026$107k

Top 5 hiring states — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

  • 1CA2,805$110,000
  • 2TX719$88,000
  • 3MA644$85,240
  • 4NY463$95,430
  • 5MI389$78,643

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA70,691$96,325
  • 2TX39,545$83,303
  • 3NJ23,688$72,630
  • 4WA20,111$88,000
  • 5IL18,114$74,880

Top 5 sponsors — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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