H1B Report
Salary comparison

General Internal 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
General Internal Medicine Physicians
SOC 29-1216Rank #71

Key metrics

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

MetricGeneral Internal Medicine PhysiciansSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$175,000$81,600
P25 wage$67,606$68,715
P75 wage$220,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$152,394$31,290
Total filings12,181375,227
Wage samples12,131374,517
Rank#71#4

Median wage by year

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

General Internal Medicine Physicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$150k
FY2011$155k
FY2012$155k
FY2013$168k
FY2014$173k
FY2015$165k
FY2016$175k
FY2017$180k
FY2018$190k
FY2019$198k
FY2020$180k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$202k
FY2023$185k
FY2024$200k
FY2025$200k
FY2026$240k
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 — General Internal Medicine Physicians

  • 1PA1,655$62,944
  • 2CA812$220,000
  • 3NY665$170,000
  • 4OH621$67,972
  • 5MA618$158,546

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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