
SQA Automated Testing - USA - 2 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software Quality Assurance:
Automated Testing
United States Location
United States of America
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 9/1/22 to 8/31/23
Salary Average
$84,332
Experience Requirement
2 Years
Raise +1 Year
$10,455 at 12.40%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 2 Years: $84,332 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $56,389 & $112,275; and, 5% of Jobs top $152,574.
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.
$423,666 = 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 9/1/22 to 8/31/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $165,707 |
5% | $152,574 |
10% | $137,465 |
25% | $112,275 |
33% | $101,983 |
50% | $84,332 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 2 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% | $79,127 | $89,536 |
25% | $71,134 | $97,529 |
33% | $66,680 | $101,983 |
50% | $56,389 | $112,275 |
67% | $43,963 | $124,701 |
Salary Average =
$84,332
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 2 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
1 Year | $69,596 | $14,736 at 21.17% |
2 Years | $84,332 | $10,455 at 12.40% |
3 Years | $94,787 | $8,110 at 8.56% |
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: $44,406 at the low experience of Entry Level; $118,034 at the average experience of 6 Years and 7 Months; and, $143,024 at the top experience of 14 Years and 1 Month.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
15 Years and 10 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 9/1/22 to 8/31/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
Entry Level | $44,406 | $25,190 at 56.73% |
1 Year | $69,596 | $14,736 at 21.17% |
2 Years | $84,332 | $10,455 at 12.40% |
3 Years | $94,787 | $8,109 at 8.55% |
4 Years | $102,896 | $6,626 at 6.44% |
5 Years | $109,522 | $5,603 at 5.12% |
6 Years | $115,125 | $4,852 at 4.21% |
7 Years | $119,977 | $4,281 at 3.57% |
8 Years | $124,258 | $3,829 at 3.08% |
9 Years | $128,087 | $3,464 at 2.70% |
10 Years | $131,551 | $3,162 at 2.40% |
11 Years | $134,713 | $2,909 at 2.16% |
12 Years | $137,622 | $2,693 at 1.96% |
13 Years | $140,315 | $2,508 at 1.79% |
14 Years | $142,823 | $2,345 at 1.64% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | Entry Level | $44,406 | $25,190 at 56.73% |
Average | 6 Years and 7 Months | $118,034 | $4,501 at 3.81% |
Top | 14 Years and 1 Month | $143,024 | $2,333 at 1.63% |
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,
- 19.8% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 21.4% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 60.8% 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,
- 3.1% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 6.1% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 25.2% of job descriptions;
- Cucumber,
- 5.1% of job descriptions;
- Shell Scripts,
- 6.6% of job descriptions;
- SQL (Structured Query Language),
- 12.5% of job descriptions;
- MATLAB,
- 6.9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 6.1% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 6.9% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America