SQA Automated Testing - USA - 8 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software Quality Assurance:
Automated Testing
United States Location
United States of America
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 12/1/22 to 11/30/23
Salary Average
$133,466
Experience Requirement
8 Years
Raise +1 Year
$3,706 at 2.78%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 8 Years: $133,466 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $104,771 & $162,160; and, 5% of Jobs top $203,554.
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.
$433,578 = 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 12/1/22 to 11/30/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $217,050 |
| 5% | $203,554 |
| 10% | $188,032 |
| 25% | $162,160 |
| 33% | $151,591 |
| 50% | $133,466 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 8 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% | $128,121 | $138,810 |
| 25% | $119,913 | $147,018 |
| 33% | $115,340 | $151,591 |
| 50% | $104,771 | $162,160 |
| 67% | $92,010 | $174,921 |
| 95% | $49,881 | $217,050 |
Salary Average =
$133,466
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 8 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Years | $129,323 | $4,142 at 3.20% |
| 8 Years | $133,466 | $3,706 at 2.78% |
| 9 Years | $137,171 | $3,352 at 2.44% |
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: $56,189 at the low experience of Entry Level; $129,323 at the average experience of 7 Years; and, $152,961 at the top experience of 14 Years and 8 Months.
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 12/1/22 to 11/30/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $56,189 | $24,378 at 43.39% |
| 1 Year | $80,567 | $14,260 at 17.70% |
| 2 Years | $94,827 | $10,118 at 10.67% |
| 3 Years | $104,945 | $7,848 at 7.48% |
| 4 Years | $112,793 | $6,412 at 5.68% |
| 5 Years | $119,205 | $5,422 at 4.55% |
| 6 Years | $124,627 | $4,696 at 3.77% |
| 7 Years | $129,323 | $4,143 at 3.20% |
| 8 Years | $133,466 | $3,705 at 2.78% |
| 9 Years | $137,171 | $3,352 at 2.44% |
| 10 Years | $140,523 | $3,060 at 2.18% |
| 11 Years | $143,583 | $2,815 at 1.96% |
| 12 Years | $146,398 | $2,607 at 1.78% |
| 13 Years | $149,005 | $2,426 at 1.63% |
| 14 Years | $151,431 | $2,270 at 1.50% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Entry Level | $56,189 | $24,378 at 43.39% |
| Average | 7 Years | $129,323 | $4,143 at 3.20% |
| Top | 14 Years and 8 Months | $152,961 | $2,176 at 1.42% |
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,
- 18.2% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 22.5% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 58.1% 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,
- 4.6% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 6.8% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 26.5% of job descriptions;
- Cucumber,
- 3.1% of job descriptions;
- Shell Scripts,
- 6.3% of job descriptions;
- SQL (Structured Query Language),
- 12.3% of job descriptions;
- MATLAB,
- 6.8% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 5.4% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 10% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America