Salary Report - IT Software Quality Assurance - USA - 7 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software Quality Assurance
Professional
United States Location
United States of America
Nationwide
Metropolitan Areas
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$82,692
Experience Requirement
7 Years
Raise +1 Year
$2,629 at 3.18%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 7 Years: $82,692 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $69,264 & $96,119; and, 5% of Jobs top $115,438.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$15,080 = minimum wage annual salary in the USA.
$187,699 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the USA at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $121,712 |
| 5% | $115,438 |
| 10% | $108,205 |
| 25% | $96,119 |
| 33% | $91,266 |
| 50% | $82,692 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 7 Years Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
| Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Low Salary | High Salary | |
| 10% | $80,190 | $85,193 |
| 25% | $76,348 | $89,035 |
| 33% | $74,117 | $91,266 |
| 50% | $69,264 | $96,119 |
| 67% | $63,432 | $101,951 |
| 95% | $43,671 | $121,712 |
Salary Average =
$82,692
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 7 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Years | $79,711 | $2,981 at 3.74% |
| 7 Years | $82,692 | $2,629 at 3.18% |
| 8 Years | $85,321 | $2,352 at 2.76% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level, increases rapidly with the first years of experience and approaches a ceiling as experience matures.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $48,766 at the low experience of 9 Months; $74,663 at the average experience of 4 Years and 7 Months; and, $86,528 at the top experience of 8 Years and 6 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
11 Years and 1 Month = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | $51,747 | $9,050 at 17.49% |
| 2 Years | $60,797 | $6,422 at 10.56% |
| 3 Years | $67,219 | $4,981 at 7.41% |
| 4 Years | $72,200 | $4,070 at 5.64% |
| 5 Years | $76,270 | $3,441 at 4.51% |
| 6 Years | $79,711 | $2,981 at 3.74% |
| 7 Years | $82,692 | $2,629 at 3.18% |
| 8 Years | $85,321 | $2,352 at 2.76% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 9 Months | $48,766 | $10,089 at 20.69% |
| Average | 4 Years and 7 Months | $74,663 | $3,678 at 4.93% |
| Top | 8 Years and 6 Months | $86,528 | $2,234 at 2.58% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves quality assurance of commercial and/or custom software with a focus on testing methodologies, such as: load, stress, regression, stability, performance, compatibility, white box, black box, unit, functional, automated, manual, and/or user acceptance testing.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- Quality Assurance Testing Tools,
- Automated Testing Tools, Failure Test, Mercury Astra , Mercury LoadRunner, Mercury SiteManager , Mercury Test, Mercury Topaz, Mercury WinRunner, Mercury XRunner, Rational Robot, Rational SQAsuite/TeamTest, Rational Test, Rational TestStudio, RegressionTest, SegueSilk, Stress Test or Testing Tools.;
- Quality Assurance,
- Quality Assurance, QA, Software Quality Assurance, SQA, Test Engineer or Tester.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Manager,
- 19% of job descriptions,
- Project Leader, Project Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader or Technical Lead;
- Graduate Degree,
- 7% of job descriptions,
- Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MA/MS in Information Technology, MA/MS in Information Science, Master of Arts Degree, Master of Science Degree or Ph.D.;
- Mercury Software,
- 30% of job descriptions,
- Mercury LoadRunner, Mercury SiteManager, Mercury Test, Mercury Topaz, Mercury WinRunner or Mercury XRunner;
- Rational Software,
- 5% of job descriptions,
- Rational ClearCase, Rational Robot, Rational SQAsuite|TeamTest, Rational Suite, Rational Test or Rational TestStudio;
- Ruby-On-Rails,
- 4% of job descriptions;
- PHP,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- TCP/IP,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Mobile Computing,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Financial Trading System,
- 3% of job descriptions,
- Bloomberg, MarketData, Trading Application, Trading Platform, Trading Software, Trading Solution or Trading System;
- Security Clearance,
- 4% of job descriptions;
- Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH,
- 6% of jobs;
- Atlanta, GA,
- 4% of jobs.
Location
United States of America