SQA Automated Testing - USA - 6 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software Quality Assurance:
Automated Testing
United States Location
United States of America
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 11/1/21 to 10/31/22
Salary Average
$118,882
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$3,941 at 3.32%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $118,882 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $101,810 & $135,953; and, 5% of Jobs top $160,612.
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.
$306,485 = 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 11/1/21 to 10/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $168,667 |
| 5% | $160,612 |
| 10% | $151,359 |
| 25% | $135,953 |
| 33% | $129,664 |
| 50% | $118,882 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 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% | $115,703 | $122,061 |
| 25% | $110,820 | $126,944 |
| 33% | $108,099 | $129,664 |
| 50% | $101,810 | $135,953 |
| 67% | $94,214 | $143,549 |
| 95% | $69,097 | $168,667 |
Salary Average =
$118,882
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 6 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Years | $114,332 | $4,550 at 3.98% |
| 6 Years | $118,882 | $3,941 at 3.32% |
| 7 Years | $122,823 | $3,476 at 2.83% |
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: $65,998 at the low experience of 2 Months; $116,694 at the average experience of 5 Years and 6 Months; and, $134,584 at the top experience of 10 Years and 11 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 11 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 11/1/21 to 10/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | $81,907 | $11,967 at 14.61% |
| 2 Years | $93,874 | $8,491 at 9.05% |
| 3 Years | $102,365 | $6,586 at 6.43% |
| 4 Years | $108,951 | $5,381 at 4.94% |
| 5 Years | $114,332 | $4,550 at 3.98% |
| 6 Years | $118,882 | $3,941 at 3.32% |
| 7 Years | $122,823 | $3,476 at 2.83% |
| 8 Years | $126,299 | $3,110 at 2.46% |
| 9 Years | $129,409 | $2,813 at 2.17% |
| 10 Years | $132,222 | $2,568 at 1.94% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 2 Months | $65,998 | $18,271 at 27.68% |
| Average | 5 Years and 6 Months | $116,694 | $4,224 at 3.62% |
| Top | 10 Years and 11 Months | $134,584 | $2,379 at 1.77% |
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,
- 9.5% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 18.6% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 67.4% 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,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 14.5% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 19.4% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 5.8% of job descriptions;
- Jmeter,
- 2.1% of job descriptions;
- Regression Testing,
- 15.3% of job descriptions;
- EpicHealth,
- 2.1% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 5% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America