Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$102,610

National average

Salary Range

$60,690 – $166,960

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$165,700$82,150$223,560
Lexington Park, MD$159,870$87,040$210,660
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$139,580$82,100$198,320
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$131,640$75,280$193,610
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$129,940$58,280$129,940
Rochester, MN$128,820$82,610$129,060
Washington$128,270$68,110$191,040
Kennewick-Richland, WA$128,270$60,790$208,000
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$127,940$63,510$179,880
California$127,010$63,460$197,400
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$126,730$73,620$163,530
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$126,430$78,000$175,670
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$125,440$69,200$164,950
Virginia$123,270$78,000$175,670
Colorado Springs, CO$123,110$77,590$155,300
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$122,750$64,640$134,160
Maryland$122,310$66,140$174,300
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$121,520$68,400$179,990
Urban Honolulu, HI$119,530$74,060$126,910
Boulder, CO$118,710$79,550$175,290
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$118,090$69,230$168,450
Colorado$114,600$72,760$166,500
New Jersey$111,790$69,690$163,650
Lubbock, TX$111,460$53,710$166,500
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$111,420$67,250$163,260
Asheville, NC$111,130$65,510$131,010
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$111,040$63,880$162,550
Pittsfield, MA$110,990$77,210$150,290
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$110,570$69,720$130,600
Manchester-Nashua, NH$110,340$76,120$153,020
District of Columbia$110,130$42,730$157,940
New Hampshire$110,020$61,610$155,790
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$109,960$76,200$136,760
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$109,590$64,000$159,780
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$109,550$68,570$126,190
New York$108,800$62,820$180,290
Charlottesville, VA$108,440$78,220$150,540
Vallejo, CA$107,650$67,470$158,140
Utah$107,170$46,820$175,840
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$106,750$67,550$166,680
Modesto, CA$106,600$54,220$128,620
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$106,530$65,530$128,050
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$106,400$48,450$163,870
Raleigh-Cary, NC$106,290$63,620$166,790
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$106,120$67,460$132,410
Massachusetts$106,090$66,250$164,950
Delaware$106,020$73,650$146,070
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$106,000$60,340$136,440
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$105,930$72,800$140,410
Bozeman, MT$105,850$60,510$180,760
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$105,660$70,930$161,600
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$105,620$55,890$155,550
New Mexico$105,520$68,890N/A
Albuquerque, NM$105,320$66,770$168,410
Barnstable Town, MA$105,320$61,710$183,520
Minnesota$104,910$71,810$137,810
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$104,850$77,520$126,810
Richmond, VA$104,590$71,330$155,210
Naples-Marco Island, FL$104,540$50,710$156,430
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$104,470$63,500$155,060
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$104,410$61,490$131,960
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$104,020$80,450$131,230
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$103,940$63,990$155,790
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$103,890$61,310$145,020
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$103,880$59,680$144,190
Huntsville, AL$103,850$79,010$163,240
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$103,710$62,380$154,810
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$103,640$61,880$147,350
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$103,610$56,970$177,760
Arizona$103,580$61,480$142,800
Burlington, NC$103,470$69,960$127,580
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$103,350$47,220$189,990
Alaska$103,160$103,160$104,170
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$103,010$66,610$160,690
Oregon$103,000$47,220$189,990
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$102,990$62,800$153,750
Spartanburg, SC$102,940$48,830$121,920
North Carolina$102,660$57,840$143,160
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$102,660$60,280$156,450
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$102,600$60,570$151,500
Lynchburg, VA$102,520$67,260$157,660
Stockton-Lodi, CA$102,480$59,080$149,520
Bellingham, WA$102,400$52,880$146,560
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$102,360$68,060$159,070
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$102,360$64,010$138,630
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$102,350$62,550$136,640
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$102,260$61,990$153,350
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$102,240$67,050$159,970
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$102,080$62,100$134,830
Binghamton, NY$102,070$64,480$133,300
Ann Arbor, MI$102,050$62,360$131,410
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$101,980$68,330$168,040
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$101,850$69,320$158,420
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$101,840$68,780$170,000
Texas$101,800$61,610$155,950
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$101,510$78,050$169,140
Port St. Lucie, FL$101,350$44,220$153,550
Connecticut$101,270$61,060$139,830
Savannah, GA$100,910$66,400$140,550
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$100,810$61,080$144,010
Montana$100,790$55,690$171,320
Missoula, MT$100,790$65,950$169,020
Santa Fe, NM$100,530$81,310$152,010
Helena, MT$100,530$49,090$163,270
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$100,480$54,890$143,990
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$100,450$62,150$131,560
Illinois$100,300$62,140$136,450
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$99,930$59,650$134,870
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$99,800$61,310$148,740
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$99,640$33,850$136,210
Hawaii$99,570$74,060$129,930
Alabama$99,520$63,810$153,360
Tucson, AZ$99,300$58,320$132,770
Ogden, UT$99,240$49,750$135,640
Bend, OR$99,160$45,100$177,000
Roanoke, VA$99,140$68,830$143,540
Corvallis, OR$98,570$65,950$166,030
Chico, CA$98,470$38,180$158,630
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$98,450$61,100$137,500
Worcester, MA$98,420$61,030$155,830
Michigan$98,310$57,670$133,700
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$98,290$75,110$143,710
Salinas, CA$98,020$65,040$169,700
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$97,990$57,150$156,440
Midland, TX$97,800$60,730$169,920
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$97,620$62,460$132,620
Gainesville, GA$97,420$59,000$131,370
Dubuque, IA$97,150$57,230$130,570
Fresno, CA$97,150$58,530$139,210
State College, PA$97,120$54,610$125,390
Jacksonville, FL$96,950$60,340$131,710
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$96,870$51,470$150,370
Florida$96,700$59,920$140,730
Salisbury, MD$96,360$44,610$126,150
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$95,690$66,820$136,260
Rockford, IL$95,610$63,810$128,650
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$95,520$59,990$155,570
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$95,500$51,850$135,030
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$95,470$61,870$135,370
Reno, NV$95,400$60,490$130,180
Rhode Island$95,260$67,410$131,130
Rochester, NY$95,020$60,600$138,390
Greensboro-High Point, NC$94,760$56,310$127,640
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$94,730$55,720$132,610
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$94,620$56,720$128,790
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$94,580$53,790$130,380
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$94,400$59,670$141,610
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$94,120$62,400$135,650
Montgomery, AL$94,120$60,020$141,990
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$93,900$54,390$163,610
Pennsylvania$93,600$58,130$132,210
Bloomington, IL$93,580$60,660$119,990
Georgia$93,500$62,400$134,620
Salem, OR$93,340$56,060$160,660
Syracuse, NY$93,270$41,500$128,310
South Carolina$93,140$49,870$134,300
El Paso, TX$93,130$55,280$120,970
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$92,970$64,040$156,990
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$92,920$66,570$153,360
New Haven, CT$92,810$72,190$138,750
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$92,740$59,610$124,050
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$92,470$63,920$128,440
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$92,260$57,040$127,380
Nevada$92,150$60,260$130,180
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$92,120$57,180$140,970
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$91,990$51,810$133,400
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$91,280$51,730$150,210
Eau Claire, WI$91,070$63,080$119,420
Winston-Salem, NC$90,490$58,010$134,490
Nebraska$90,330$59,070$121,880
Ames, IA$90,220$57,930$127,660
Tennessee$90,170$56,130$119,380
Gainesville, FL$90,050$51,680$131,820
Greeley, CO$89,990$79,710$176,400
Mobile, AL$89,180$60,530$134,110
Indiana$88,870$59,360$129,970
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$88,820$50,660$121,830
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$88,730$58,490$127,340
Omaha, NE-IA$88,720$60,850$126,970
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$88,530$62,150$129,900
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$88,330$51,930$126,920
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$88,150$45,480$132,790
Lancaster, PA$88,060$62,160$127,100
St. Cloud, MN$88,020$57,760$109,210
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$88,010$86,890$158,040
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$88,000$62,200$151,590
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$87,930$41,540$122,790
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$87,850$54,350$114,920
Portland-South Portland, ME$87,530$56,100$126,630
Columbus, GA-AL$87,520$61,060$124,800
Tallahassee, FL$87,180$49,600$124,100
Columbus, OH$87,000$61,200$129,670
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$86,900$53,490$131,380
Birmingham, AL$86,790$59,280$132,460
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$86,650$59,280$109,160
Canton-Massillon, OH$85,780$62,810$131,900
Iowa$85,550$51,130$128,200
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$85,550$48,050$109,950
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$85,450$53,890$132,210
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$85,420$42,340$145,470
Wausau, WI$85,410$50,380$118,720
Waco, TX$84,390$52,100$138,960
Eugene-Springfield, OR$84,370$53,050$163,040
Kansas City, MO-KS$84,270$51,640$125,340
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$84,090$57,180$117,370
Ohio$83,960$59,800$126,280
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$83,960$59,220$129,520
Ithaca, NY$83,680$62,370$127,740
Cleveland, OH$83,530$62,010$126,280
Cedar Rapids, IA$83,500$54,760$124,470
Greenville, NC$83,290$63,310$126,990
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$83,250$52,920$105,740
Green Bay, WI$83,140$56,880$110,310
Kansas$83,070$52,210$125,340
Madison, WI$83,060$63,740$113,320
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$82,770$40,790$135,490
Abilene, TX$82,590$50,170$167,700
Bismarck, ND$82,430$78,120$104,000
Springfield, IL$82,170$55,510$123,870
Utica-Rome, NY$81,920$54,270$145,320
Wisconsin$81,850$60,980$117,050
Appleton, WI$81,850$57,910$119,750
North Dakota$81,750$78,260$102,000
Fargo, ND-MN$81,750$78,260$102,000
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$81,600$54,950$126,030
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$81,470$69,910$117,460
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$81,370$46,200$123,110
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$81,280$62,840$108,820
Tulsa, OK$81,070$22,320$126,520
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$81,050$51,480$160,760
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$81,020$50,940$99,690
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$80,810$50,870$118,970
Janesville-Beloit, WI$80,710$44,410$118,710
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$80,660$50,860$116,460
Champaign-Urbana, IL$80,610$59,630$125,220
Toledo, OH$80,570$43,020$138,770
Lincoln, NE$80,460$57,700$111,810
College Station-Bryan, TX$80,330$55,510$124,260
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$80,040$51,460$121,740
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$80,040$59,500$117,940
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$79,940$58,310$104,520
Akron, OH$79,920$59,230$121,580
Killeen-Temple, TX$79,910$37,920$126,960
Wilmington, NC$79,850$37,030$120,910
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$79,840$51,160$110,300
Wichita, KS$79,730$47,430$128,690
Pittsburgh, PA$79,590$51,320$125,410
Kentucky$79,390$37,490$122,250
Evansville, IN$79,370$50,530$140,440
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$79,120$54,400$105,090
Maine$79,040$45,490$124,130
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$79,040$48,490$112,990
St. Louis, MO-IL$78,870$47,880$130,650
Warner Robins, GA$78,260$52,710$134,620
Chattanooga, TN-GA$78,200$58,790$101,660
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$77,980$51,800$131,540
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$77,620$48,320$107,330
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$77,580$58,910$118,560
Fort Wayne, IN$77,390$57,150$106,390
Vermont$77,060$53,190$134,800
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$76,760$46,260$115,130
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$76,760$44,650$92,430
Topeka, KS$76,540$48,560$109,590
Las Cruces, NM$76,470$65,350$169,160
Columbia, SC$76,360$43,230$117,720
Medford, OR$76,350$40,410$137,820
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$76,250$35,110$107,820
Missouri$76,190$45,230$124,950
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$76,010$48,550$104,410
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$75,950$48,350$115,910
Mississippi$75,860$45,130$123,090
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$75,770$53,190$127,290
Saginaw, MI$75,610$53,000$91,240
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$75,470$43,670$135,940
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$75,270$61,970$138,680
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$75,160$59,080$105,030
Reading, PA$74,570$52,260$121,130
Knoxville, TN$74,520$47,890$100,900
Peoria, IL$74,510$50,490$123,120
Columbia, MO$74,170$50,560$120,790
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$73,690$31,460$127,380
Idaho$72,880$36,550$203,210
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$71,250$54,420$128,440
Logan, UT-ID$71,230$38,480$145,960
Jefferson City, MO$70,880$46,460$97,020
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$70,170$47,550$129,600
Macon-Bibb County, GA$70,100$53,860$106,340
Billings, MT$69,230$55,900$131,690
Oklahoma City, OK$68,730$35,580$105,760
Oklahoma$68,730$32,060$106,620
Lexington-Fayette, KY$67,220$34,480$105,230
Boise City, ID$66,610$33,630$183,440
Manhattan, KS$66,440$40,960$113,380
San Angelo, TX$65,920$47,640$119,790
Jackson, MS$65,480$47,190$109,100
Erie, PA$65,220$34,320$122,210
Clarksville, TN-KY$64,580$54,850$80,450
Lafayette, LA$63,740$35,150$111,670
Baton Rouge, LA$63,580$39,010$138,510
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$63,480$20,340$97,190
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$61,790$45,930$101,570
South Dakota$61,790$45,930$94,990
West Virginia$61,420$27,500$129,770
Charleston, WV$61,420$21,830$103,350
York-Hanover, PA$61,140$51,310$124,680
Elizabethtown, KY$61,130$42,850$95,400
Fayetteville, NC$60,210$45,730$119,970
Springfield, MO$59,730$48,510$101,210
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$57,970$46,330$74,090
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$52,160$24,580$102,950
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$51,570$35,310$124,390
Puerto Rico$50,510$23,740$102,950
Louisiana$50,110$35,610$123,430
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,530$20,340$99,600
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$46,960$36,730$130,400
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$41,830$32,090$91,070
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$39,800$35,850$100,020

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