
SQA Automated Testing - USA - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software Quality Assurance:
Automated Testing
United States Location
United States of America
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 5/1/21 to 4/30/22
Salary Average
$96,732
Experience Requirement
5 Years and 3 Months
Raise +1 Year
$3,076 at 3.18%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 5 Years & 3 Months: $96,732 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $80,956 & $112,507; and, 5% of Jobs top $135,309.
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.
$365,834 = 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 5/1/21 to 4/30/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $142,763 |
5% | $135,309 |
10% | $126,749 |
25% | $112,507 |
33% | $106,696 |
50% | $96,732 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 3 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $93,794 | $99,669 |
25% | $89,283 | $104,181 |
33% | $86,768 | $106,696 |
50% | $80,956 | $112,507 |
67% | $73,935 | $119,529 |
95% | $50,701 | $142,763 |
Salary Average =
$96,732
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 5 Years and 3 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
4 Years and 3 Months | $93,119 | $3,613 at 3.88% |
5 Years and 3 Months | $96,732 | $3,076 at 3.18% |
6 Years and 3 Months | $99,808 | $2,677 at 2.68% |
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: $60,416 at the low experience of 1 Month; $96,732 at the average experience of 5 Years and 3 Months; and, $109,217 at the top experience of 10 Years and 5 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 4 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 5/1/21 to 4/30/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Month | $60,416 | $13,551 at 22.43% |
Average | 5 Years and 3 Months | $96,732 | $3,076 at 3.18% |
Top | 10 Years and 5 Months | $109,217 | $1,740 at 1.59% |
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,
- 3.3% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 19% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 55.2% 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,
- 6.2% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 31% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Jmeter,
- 4.8% of job descriptions;
- Regression Testing,
- 14.8% of job descriptions;
- EpicHealth,
- 2.9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 7.1% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 12.4% of job descriptions.
Location
United States of America