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Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Physicians, All Other

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 B
Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$81,328$185,000
P25 wage$68,549$66,238
P75 wage$100,000$247,450
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,451$181,212
Total filings367,09798,627
Wage samples366,39298,023
Rank#4#16

Median wage by year

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

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$110k
Physicians, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$129k
FY2013$150k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$176k
FY2016$185k
FY2017$190k
FY2018$194k
FY2019$210k
FY2020$218k
FY2021$220k
FY2022$225k
FY2023$230k
FY2024$240k
FY2025$240k
FY2026$250k

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA69,271$96,325
  • 2TX38,277$82,710
  • 3NJ23,266$72,030
  • 4WA19,761$87,942
  • 5IL17,732$74,818

Top 5 hiring states — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY13,341$72,336
  • 2PA7,216$119,904
  • 3MA5,095$148,000
  • 4OH4,379$180,000
  • 5IL4,270$183,970

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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