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 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%
Salary and Number of Jobs
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.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
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.
Salary and Experience
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.
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 | 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:
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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,
- 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