H1B Report
Salary comparison

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 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 Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
SOC 19-1042Rank #15

Key metrics

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

MetricMedical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$60,000$81,600
P25 wage$48,426$68,715
P75 wage$78,100$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$29,674$31,290
Total filings102,826375,227
Wage samples102,401374,517
Rank#15#4

Median wage by year

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

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$48k
FY2014$49k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$52k
FY2017$54k
FY2018$56k
FY2019$58k
FY2020$62k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$66k
FY2023$68k
FY2024$71k
FY2025$74k
FY2026$75k
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 Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

  • 1CA12,425$78,000
  • 2MA11,513$66,150
  • 3NY9,086$61,568
  • 4TX7,371$50,000
  • 5PA4,738$56,264

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 Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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