H1B Report
Salary comparison

Physical Therapists 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
Physical Therapists
SOC 29-1123Rank #27

Key metrics

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

MetricPhysical TherapistsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$71,282$81,600
P25 wage$63,419$68,715
P75 wage$83,200$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$19,781$31,290
Total filings47,786375,227
Wage samples44,930374,517
Rank#27#4

Median wage by year

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

Physical Therapists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$64k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$76k
FY2019$80k
FY2020$81k
FY2021$84k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$84k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$84k
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 — Physical Therapists

  • 1NY7,971$68,640
  • 2MI4,748$70,485
  • 3TX4,042$72,800
  • 4IL3,922$68,000
  • 5CA2,739$90,480

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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