SQA Automated Testing - USA - 13 Years & 9 Months
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software Quality Assurance:
Automated Testing
United States Location
United States of America
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 10/1/22 to 9/29/23
Salary Average
$144,139
Experience Requirement
13 Years and 9 Months
Raise +1 Year
$2,469 at 1.71%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 13 Years & 9 Months: $144,139 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $116,066 & $172,212; and, 5% of Jobs top $212,698.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.
$423,345 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 10/1/22 to 9/29/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $225,891 |
| 5% | $212,698 |
| 10% | $197,519 |
| 25% | $172,212 |
| 33% | $161,872 |
| 50% | $144,139 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 13 Years and 9 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
| Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Low Salary | High Salary | |
| 10% | $138,910 | $149,367 |
| 25% | $130,880 | $157,398 |
| 33% | $126,405 | $161,872 |
| 50% | $116,066 | $172,212 |
| 67% | $103,583 | $184,695 |
| 95% | $62,386 | $225,891 |
Salary Average =
$144,139
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 13 Years and 9 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Years and 9 Months | $141,496 | $2,642 at 1.87% |
| 13 Years and 9 Months | $144,139 | $2,469 at 1.71% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases rapidly in the first years, rises moderately with greater experience and approaches a ceiling with maturity.
Salary Growth Overall :
The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is equal to that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $42,846 at the low experience of Entry Level; $119,917 at the average experience of 6 Years and 9 Months; and, $145,393 at the top experience of 14 Years and 3 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
15 Years and 9 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 10/1/22 to 9/29/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Entry Level | $42,846 | $26,089 at 60.89% |
| Average | 6 Years and 9 Months | $119,917 | $4,568 at 3.81% |
| Top | 14 Years and 3 Months | $145,393 | $2,391 at 1.64% |
Qualifications
Description
Software quality assurance for automated load, stress, performance, compliance and functional testing, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
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- Software Quality Assurance (SQA),
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Agile, Application (App), Back End, Front End, Software (SW), User Interface (UI) or Web,
and
Quality Assurance (QA) or Testing;
- Automated Testing Tools.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
- Project Lead,
- Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
- 18.8% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 23.1% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 60.9% of job descriptions;
- Financial Sector,
- Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Finance, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street,
- 3.6% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 6.6% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 25.9% of job descriptions;
- Cucumber,
- 4.8% of job descriptions;
- Shell Scripts,
- 6.9% of job descriptions;
- SQL (Structured Query Language),
- 14% of job descriptions;
- MATLAB,
- 6.6% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 5.6% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 8.6% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America