H1B Report
Salary comparison

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 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
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
SOC 29-2011Rank #41

Key metrics

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

MetricMedical and Clinical Laboratory TechnologistsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$56,576$81,600
P25 wage$50,352$68,715
P75 wage$67,309$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$16,957$31,290
Total filings27,528375,227
Wage samples26,796374,517
Rank#41#4

Median wage by year

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

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$46k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$48k
FY2014$50k
FY2015$50k
FY2016$53k
FY2017$56k
FY2018$60k
FY2019$53k
FY2020$57k
FY2021$57k
FY2022$57k
FY2023$61k
FY2024$63k
FY2025$67k
FY2026$71k
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 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

  • 1CA3,066$61,194
  • 2FL2,751$56,576
  • 3TX2,268$49,920
  • 4NY1,999$64,480
  • 5IL1,059$58,489

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 — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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