Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Software Quality Assurance:
Automated Testing

United States Location

United States of America

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 7/1/24 to 6/30/25

Salary Average

$114,325

Experience Requirement

6 Years and 1 Month

Raise +1 Year

$5,963 at 5.22%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 6 Years & 1 Month: $114,325 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $95,287 & $133,363; and, 5% of Jobs top $161,331.

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.

$442,461 = 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 7/1/24 to 6/30/25.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $170,690
5% $161,331
10% $150,734
25% $133,363
33% $126,335
50% $114,325
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 1 Month Experience.

Salary Range and Jobs

Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market Salary Range
Low Salary High Salary
10% $110,787 $117,863
25% $105,349 $123,301
33% $102,315 $126,335
50% $95,287 $133,363
67% $86,756 $141,894
95% $57,960 $170,690
Salary Average =

$114,325

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 and 1 Month Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
5 Years and 1 Month $108,362 $5,963 at 5.50%
6 Years and 1 Month $114,325 $5,963 at 5.22%
7 Years and 1 Month $120,288 $5,963 at 4.96%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases steadily in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows consistently into 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: $78,052 at the low experience of Entry Level; $114,325 at the average experience of 6 Years and 1 Month; and, $154,076 at the top experience of 12 Years and 9 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

17 Years = 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 7/1/24 to 6/30/25.

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Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
Low Entry Level $78,052 $5,963 at 7.64%
Average 6 Years and 1 Month $114,325 $5,963 at 5.22%
Top 12 Years and 9 Months $154,076 $5,963 at 3.87%

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:
  • Software Quality Assurance (SQA),
    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,
28.6% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
77.6% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
4.1% of job descriptions;
Python,
30.6% of job descriptions;
C++,
14.3% of job descriptions;
JavaScript,
8.2% of job descriptions;
Oracle,
18.4% of job descriptions;
SAP,
12.2% of job descriptions;
Jira,
44.9% of job descriptions;
MATLAB,
14.3% of job descriptions;
Scrum software methodology,
14.3% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
28.6% of job descriptions.

Location

United States of America