QA Engineer Salaries in the United States
How much does a QA Engineer make in the United States?
QA Engineers earn $60,000 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 10% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid QA Engineers work for Sirius XM Radio at $131,000 annually while the lowest paid QA Engineers work for Ball Corp. earning approximately $18,000 each year.
Submit a Salary"Personally, my pay as a Performance Engineer at Scholastic is somewhere toward the bottom of the industry, which is fine for now.
The main goal moving into this role was to gain experience, with the understanding that I would be fairly compensated in the future.
Would I change jobs if a company offered me more?... ONLY if it was a good fit mutually.
I would not take more money for a company where I did not fit."
Posted 11 years ago in Watertown, MA
$60K Global Rescue's Average QA Engineer Salary (3 salaries)
Equal to national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
+$13K (24%) more than average Global Rescue salary ($47K)
Equal to average Global Rescue QA Engineer salary ($60K)
"As I was working for a US based company in another country, I was getting paid above average salary of that country's market, so I was satisfied."
Equal to average Global Rescue QA Engineer salary ($60K)
"I was working in Pakistna and in that market i was getting paid above average."
Equal to average Global Rescue QA Engineer salary ($60K)
$61K Hewlett-Packard's Average QA Engineer Salary (24 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
-$10K (15%) less than average Hewlett-Packard salary ($71K)
+$24K (32%) more than average Hewlett-Packard QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"I am a senior level Systems Engineer, specializing in Quality Assurance. I have been doing this for 16 years and I feel that I have been underpaid for quite some time. Unfortunately, I think that the only way to increase your salary at a reasonable rate is to move around."
-$11K (19%) less than average Hewlett-Packard QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"I feel as if the work required from me is not exceeding my pay grade. Since I am not motivated by money, I would appreciate a heavier work load so I am able to accomplish more."
+$12K (17%) more than average Hewlett-Packard QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"I think, I am comfortable with this."
$61K Wells Fargo's Average QA Engineer Salary (32 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
+$12K (21%) more than average Wells Fargo salary ($49K)
+$17K (24%) more than average Wells Fargo QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"If I invest my time in this company and want to see it do well and I want to be sure that I am on a good path for growth."
+$19K (26%) more than average Wells Fargo QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"they pay less than their competitors such as Bank of America."
+$23K (31%) more than average Wells Fargo QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"This was a very good salary for me."
$56K Cisco Systems' Average QA Engineer Salary (20 salaries)
-$4K (6%) less than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
-$39K (51%) less than average Cisco Systems salary ($95K)
+$36K (48%) more than average Cisco Systems QA Engineer salary ($56K)
"Just right - but I prefer more for a developer position."
+$17K (26%) more than average Cisco Systems QA Engineer salary ($56K)
"My compensation was in line with my experience."
+$24K (35%) more than average Cisco Systems QA Engineer salary ($56K)
"My salary at Cisco is decent for my position."
$56K AT&T's Average QA Engineer Salary (15 salaries)
-$4K (6%) less than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
+$1K (1%) more than average AT&T salary ($55K)
+$24K (35%) more than average AT&T QA Engineer salary ($56K)
"No underpaid, no overpaid."
+$14K (22%) more than average AT&T QA Engineer salary ($56K)
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$65K
AT&T QA Engineer
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+$9K (14%) more than average AT&T QA Engineer salary ($56K)
$56K Fidelity Investments' Average QA Engineer Salary (17 salaries)
-$4K (6%) less than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
-$9K (14%) less than average Fidelity Investments salary ($65K)
+$5K (8%) more than average Fidelity Investments QA Engineer salary ($56K)
"Due to my age and experience, I believe that I have been overall underpaid for my work. However, I am more than willing to keep working to prove myself proficient and worth a higher salary."
+$17K (26%) more than average Fidelity Investments QA Engineer salary ($56K)
"Good pay. I am happy with the pay."
-$5K (9%) less than average Fidelity Investments QA Engineer salary ($56K)
$61K Blue Cross Blue Shield's Average QA Engineer Salary (6 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
+$9K (15%) more than average Blue Cross Blue Shield salary ($52K)
+$23K (31%) more than average Blue Cross Blue Shield QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"I was paid efficient amount. There is no complaint about that."
+$23K (31%) more than average Blue Cross Blue Shield QA Engineer salary ($61K)
"The pay is good, I've not had any problems."
+$29K (38%) more than average Blue Cross Blue Shield QA Engineer salary ($61K)
$62K Cognizant's Average QA Engineer Salary (5 salaries)
+$2K (3%) more than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
-$9K (13%) less than average Cognizant salary ($71K)
+$1K (1%) more than average Cognizant QA Engineer salary ($62K)
"The pay was very low when compared to the industry standards."
+$13K (18%) more than average Cognizant QA Engineer salary ($62K)
"Fair"
$60K
Cognizant QA Engineer
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-$2K (3%) less than average Cognizant QA Engineer salary ($62K)
$57K The Knot's Average QA Engineer Salary (3 salaries)
-$3K (5%) less than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
-$10K (16%) less than average The Knot salary ($67K)
-$17K (35%) less than average The Knot QA Engineer salary ($57K)
"It's enough for my family but it would've been nice to have bonuses for completed projects."
-$5K (9%) less than average The Knot QA Engineer salary ($57K)
"I am kind of underpaid compared with the figure you provided."
$61K
The Knot QA Engineer
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+$4K (6%) more than average The Knot QA Engineer salary ($57K)
$59K Scholastic 's Average QA Engineer Salary (3 salaries)
-$1K (1%) less than national average QA Engineer salary ($60K)
+$8K (14%) more than average Scholastic salary ($51K)
-$32K (74%) less than average Scholastic QA Engineer salary ($59K)
"I feel that QA'ers are underpaid. While they do not do the work of the developers, we have to go over all their work, and often have to look back at previous work to make sure any new updates are compatible with all the old programs. So we are often working just as hard. With little information to work with as to what to look for."
+$17K (25%) more than average Scholastic QA Engineer salary ($59K)
"Personally, my pay as a Performance Engineer at Scholastic is somewhere toward the bottom of the industry, which is fine for now.
The main goal moving into this role was to gain experience, with the understanding that I would be fairly compensated in the future.
Would I change jobs if a company offered me more?... ONLY if it was a good fit mutually.
I would not take more money for a company where I did not fit."
$41K
Scholastic QA Engineer
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-$18K (36%) less than average Scholastic QA Engineer salary ($59K)
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