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Salary comparison

Veterinarians 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
Veterinarians
SOC 29-1131Rank #99

Key metrics

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

MetricVeterinariansSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$94,000$81,328
P25 wage$70,000$68,549
P75 wage$124,800$100,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,800$31,451
Total filings5,903367,097
Wage samples5,849366,392
Rank#99#4

Median wage by year

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

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$150k
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

Top 5 hiring states — Veterinarians

  • 1CA1,528$115,000
  • 2TX557$95,311
  • 3FL400$90,000
  • 4NY338$97,168
  • 5IL253$70,000

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 sponsors — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

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