H1B Report
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 #18

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$96,000$230,000
P25 wage$80,433$101,358
P75 wage$116,043$284,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,610$182,642
Total filings134,51734,008
Wage samples134,34833,940
Rank#4#18

Median wage by year

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

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Physicians, All Other

Top 5 hiring states — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

  • 1CA24,239$121,000
  • 2TX20,135$93,558
  • 3NJ7,654$97,053
  • 4NC6,536$93,416
  • 5GA6,364$90,604

Top 5 hiring states — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY4,287$154,272
  • 2PA2,107$239,200
  • 3MA2,106$186,000
  • 4IL1,444$250,000
  • 5OH1,417$220,000

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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