QA Tester Salaries in California
How much does a QA Tester make in California?
QA Testers in California earn $54,000 annually on average, or $29.00 per hour, which is 18% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid QA Testers work for Virtusa at $125,000 annually while the lowest paid QA Testers work for Activision earning approximately $20,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$27K Vivendi's Average QA Tester Salary (16 salaries)
-$33K (75%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$32K (74%) less than average Vivendi salary ($59K)
+$3K (10%) more than average Vivendi QA Tester salary ($27K) in California
$28K Sega's Average QA Tester Salary (3 salaries)
-$32K (72%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$23K (58%) less than average Sega salary ($51K)
+$1K (3%) more than average Sega QA Tester salary ($28K) in California
$27K DEKRA Testing and Certification SAU's Average QA Tester Salary (1 salaries)
-$33K (75%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
Equal to average DEKRA Testing and Certification SAU salary ($27K)
Equal to average DEKRA Testing and Certification SAU QA Tester salary ($27K) in California
$53K Electronic Arts' Average QA Tester Salary (57 salaries)
-$7K (12%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$7K (12%) less than average Electronic Arts salary ($60K)
-$28K (71%) less than average Electronic Arts QA Tester salary ($53K) in California
-$28K (71%) less than average Electronic Arts QA Tester salary ($53K) in California
$28K Heavy Iron Studios' Average QA Tester Salary (2 salaries)
-$32K (72%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$2K (6%) less than average Heavy Iron Studios salary ($30K)
-$3K (11%) less than average Heavy Iron Studios QA Tester salary ($28K) in California
$25K oDesk's Average QA Tester Salary (1 salaries)
-$35K (82%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$16K (48%) less than average oDesk salary ($41K)
Equal to average oDesk QA Tester salary ($25K) in California
$27K Activision's Average QA Tester Salary (37 salaries)
-$33K (75%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$9K (28%) less than average Activision salary ($36K)
-$7K (29%) less than average Activision QA Tester salary ($27K) in California
-$2K (7%) less than average Activision QA Tester salary ($27K) in California
$30K Neversoft Entertainment's Average QA Tester Salary (4 salaries)
-$30K (66%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$26K (60%) less than average Neversoft Entertainment salary ($56K)
-$9K (35%) less than average Neversoft Entertainment QA Tester salary ($30K) in California
$22K Square Enix's Average QA Tester Salary (3 salaries)
-$38K (92%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$18K (58%) less than average Square Enix salary ($40K)
-$1K (4%) less than average Square Enix QA Tester salary ($22K) in California
$20K In The Mo's Average QA Tester Salary (1 salaries)
-$40K (100%) less than national average QA Tester salary ($60K)
-$31K (87%) less than average In The Mo salary ($51K)
Equal to average In The Mo QA Tester salary ($20K) in California
Top companies for QA Tester in California
Below is the total pay for the top 10 highest paying companies for QA Tester in California
| Virtusa | $125K | 1 salary |
| Applied Materials | $110K | 1 salary |
| Emulex | $100K | 1 salary |
| Summit Bank | $94K | 1 salary |
| Alpine Electronics | $90K | 1 salary |
| New York Life | $85K | 1 salary |
| MetroPCS | $84K | 1 salary |
| Bank of America | $81K | 2 salaries |
| Los Altos Software Testing House | $76K | 2 salaries |
| Huge | $73K | 1 salary |
Highest paying cities for QA Tester in California
Mountain View, CA
$125K per year
1 salary > Santa Clara, CA
$110K per year
1 salary > Los Altos, CA
$100K per year
1 salary > Costa Mesa, CA
$100K per year
1 salary > Oakland, CA
$94K per year
1 salary > Torrance, CA
$90K per year
1 salary > Sacramento, CA
$85K per year
1 salary > Simi Valley, CA
$81K per year
2 salaries > San Ramon, CA
$70K per year
1 salary >
$125K per year
1 salary > Santa Clara, CA
$110K per year
1 salary > Los Altos, CA
$100K per year
1 salary > Costa Mesa, CA
$100K per year
1 salary > Oakland, CA
$94K per year
1 salary > Torrance, CA
$90K per year
1 salary > Sacramento, CA
$85K per year
1 salary > Simi Valley, CA
$81K per year
2 salaries > San Ramon, CA
$70K per year
1 salary >
QA Tester Salaries by By Cities
- Agoura Hills
- Campbell
- Costa Mesa
- Culver City
- El Segundo
- Irvine
- La Mirada
- Los Altos
- Los Angeles
- Malaga
- Mountain View
- Oakland
- Orange
- Redwood City
- Sacramento
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- San Mateo
- San Ramon
- Santa Ana
- Santa Clara
- Santa Monica
- Simi Valley
- Torrance
- Woodland Hills
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