H1B Report
Salary comparison

Rehabilitation Counselors 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
Rehabilitation Counselors
SOC 21-1015Rank #88

Key metrics

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

MetricRehabilitation CounselorsSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$39,520$81,600
P25 wage$34,000$68,715
P75 wage$54,000$100,005
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,000$31,290
Total filings7,329375,227
Wage samples7,188374,517
Rank#88#4

Median wage by year

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

Rehabilitation Counselors
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$38k
FY2011$42k
FY2012$38k
FY2013$44k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$48k
FY2016$44k
FY2017$44k
FY2018$50k
FY2019$40k
FY2020$45k
FY2021$41k
FY2022$31k
FY2023$36k
FY2024$37k
FY2025$40k
FY2026$45k
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 — Rehabilitation Counselors

  • 1NY2,344$38,605
  • 2MA1,768$37,440
  • 3CA471$63,864
  • 4WA366$185,000
  • 5PA323$33,800

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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