
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 8/1/21 to 7/31/22
Salary Average
$113,606
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$2,238 at 1.97%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $113,606 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $98,331 & $128,880; and, 5% of Jobs top $150,959.
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.
$336,030 = 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 8/1/21 to 7/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $158,177 |
5% | $150,959 |
10% | $142,670 |
25% | $128,880 |
33% | $123,253 |
50% | $113,606 |
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% | $110,761 | $116,450 |
25% | $106,393 | $120,819 |
33% | $103,958 | $123,253 |
50% | $98,331 | $128,880 |
67% | $91,532 | $135,679 |
95% | $69,034 | $158,177 |
Salary Average =
$113,606
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 | $111,022 | $2,584 at 2.33% |
6 Years | $113,606 | $2,238 at 1.97% |
7 Years | $115,844 | $1,974 at 1.70% |
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: $82,327 at the low experience of 1 Month; $112,788 at the average experience of 5 Years and 8 Months; and, $122,872 at the top experience of 11 Years and 2 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 3 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 8/1/21 to 7/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
1 Year | $92,605 | $6,797 at 7.34% |
2 Years | $99,402 | $4,822 at 4.85% |
3 Years | $104,224 | $3,741 at 3.59% |
4 Years | $107,965 | $3,057 at 2.83% |
5 Years | $111,022 | $2,584 at 2.33% |
6 Years | $113,606 | $2,238 at 1.97% |
7 Years | $115,844 | $1,975 at 1.70% |
8 Years | $117,819 | $1,766 at 1.50% |
9 Years | $119,585 | $1,598 at 1.34% |
10 Years | $121,183 | $1,458 at 1.20% |
11 Years | $122,641 | $1,342 at 1.09% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Month | $82,327 | $10,962 at 13.32% |
Average | 5 Years and 8 Months | $112,788 | $2,343 at 2.08% |
Top | 11 Years and 2 Months | $122,872 | $1,325 at 1.08% |
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,
- 4.8% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 17.3% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 59.1% 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,
- 4.3% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 14.4% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 26% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 8.2% of job descriptions;
- Jmeter,
- 3.4% of job descriptions;
- Regression Testing,
- 16.3% of job descriptions;
- EpicHealth,
- 2.9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 7.2% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 10.1% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America