H1B Report
Salary comparison

Family Medicine Physicians 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
Family Medicine Physicians
SOC 29-1215Rank #81

Key metrics

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

MetricFamily Medicine PhysiciansSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$182,395$81,600
P25 wage$148,720$68,715
P75 wage$220,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$71,280$31,290
Total filings8,476375,227
Wage samples8,433374,517
Rank#81#4

Median wage by year

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

Family Medicine Physicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$140k
FY2011$150k
FY2012$155k
FY2013$160k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$170k
FY2016$180k
FY2017$186k
FY2018$190k
FY2019$204k
FY2020$208k
FY2021$208k
FY2022$215k
FY2023$220k
FY2024$231k
FY2025$230k
FY2026$250k
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 — Family Medicine Physicians

  • 1PA697$73,056
  • 2CA649$208,000
  • 3IL508$198,112
  • 4NY472$180,000
  • 5MI387$190,000

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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