H1B Report
Salary comparison

Dentists, General 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
Dentists, General
SOC 29-1021Rank #53

Key metrics

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

MetricDentists, GeneralSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$144,000$81,600
P25 wage$118,996$68,715
P75 wage$170,290$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$51,294$31,290
Total filings18,132375,227
Wage samples17,845374,517
Rank#53#4

Median wage by year

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

Dentists, General
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$120k
FY2011$120k
FY2012$120k
FY2013$127k
FY2014$125k
FY2015$125k
FY2016$130k
FY2017$135k
FY2018$146k
FY2019$150k
FY2020$144k
FY2021$152k
FY2022$158k
FY2023$156k
FY2024$167k
FY2025$180k
FY2026$200k
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 — Dentists, General

  • 1TX2,672$144,000
  • 2CA2,213$150,000
  • 3MA2,093$135,000
  • 4IL1,025$130,000
  • 5PA956$130,000

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 — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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