H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers vs Veterinarians

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
Veterinarians
SOC 29-1131Rank #97

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersVeterinarians
Median wage$81,600$95,000
P25 wage$68,715$70,000
P75 wage$100,005$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,290$60,000
Total filings375,2276,201
Wage samples374,5176,147
Rank#4#97

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$107k
Veterinarians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$70k
FY2012$74k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$81k
FY2016$82k
FY2017$94k
FY2018$98k
FY2019$105k
FY2020$110k
FY2021$115k
FY2022$122k
FY2023$126k
FY2024$137k
FY2025$139k
FY2026$160k

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 hiring states — Veterinarians

  • 1CA1,642$120,000
  • 2TX582$97,953
  • 3FL423$90,585
  • 4NY360$99,000
  • 5IL261$70,000

Top 5 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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