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 1/1/21 to 12/31/21
Salary Average
$107,280
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$4,256 at 3.97%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $107,280 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $88,143 & $126,417; and, 5% of Jobs top $154,063.
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.
$282,899 = 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 1/1/21 to 12/31/21.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $163,094 |
| 5% | $154,063 |
| 10% | $143,688 |
| 25% | $126,417 |
| 33% | $119,368 |
| 50% | $107,280 |
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% | $103,716 | $110,844 |
| 25% | $98,243 | $116,317 |
| 33% | $95,193 | $119,368 |
| 50% | $88,143 | $126,417 |
| 67% | $79,627 | $134,933 |
| 95% | $51,466 | $163,094 |
Salary Average =
$107,280
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 | $102,367 | $4,913 at 4.80% |
| 6 Years | $107,280 | $4,256 at 3.97% |
| 7 Years | $111,536 | $3,754 at 3.37% |
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: $50,175 at the low experience of 2 Months; $105,324 at the average experience of 5 Years and 7 Months; and, $124,679 at the top experience of 11 Years and 1 Month.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
13 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 1/1/21 to 12/31/21.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | $67,354 | $12,922 at 19.19% |
| 2 Years | $80,276 | $9,169 at 11.42% |
| 3 Years | $89,445 | $7,111 at 7.95% |
| 4 Years | $96,556 | $5,811 at 6.02% |
| 5 Years | $102,367 | $4,913 at 4.80% |
| 6 Years | $107,280 | $4,256 at 3.97% |
| 7 Years | $111,536 | $3,754 at 3.37% |
| 8 Years | $115,290 | $3,357 at 2.91% |
| 9 Years | $118,647 | $3,038 at 2.56% |
| 10 Years | $121,685 | $2,773 at 2.28% |
| 11 Years | $124,458 | $2,551 at 2.05% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 2 Months | $50,175 | $19,730 at 39.32% |
| Average | 5 Years and 7 Months | $105,324 | $4,507 at 4.28% |
| Top | 11 Years and 1 Month | $124,679 | $2,534 at 2.03% |
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:
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 23.3% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 55.1% 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,
- 7.2% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 11.4% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 25.8% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 9.7% of job descriptions;
- Subversion,
- 5.5% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft TFS (Team Foundation Server),
- 3% of job descriptions;
- EpicHealth,
- 4.7% of job descriptions;
- Scrum software methodology,
- 12.3% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 8.9% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 10.2% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America