15 Series · SOC 15-1253

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$102,610

per year

Median Hourly

$49.33/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$110,260

average

Employment

199,800

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$60,690$79,520$102,610$131,870$166,960
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$29.18$38.23$49.33$63.40$80.27
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$60,690

25th Percentile

$79,520

Median

$102,610

75th Percentile

$131,870

90th Percentile

$166,960

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $128,270 +25% above national
2 California $127,010 +24% above national
3 Virginia $123,270 +20% above national
4 Maryland $122,310 +19% above national
5 Colorado $114,600 +12% above national
6 New Jersey $111,790 +9% above national
7 District of Columbia $110,130 +7% above national
8 New Hampshire $110,020 +7% above national
9 New York $108,800 +6% above national
10 Utah $107,170 +4% above national
11 Massachusetts $106,090 +3% above national
12 Delaware $106,020 +3% above national
13 New Mexico $105,520 +3% above national
14 Minnesota $104,910 +2% above national
15 Arizona $103,580 +1% above national
16 Alaska $103,160 +1% above national
17 Oregon $103,000 same as national
18 North Carolina $102,660 same as national
19 Texas $101,800 1% below national
20 Connecticut $101,270 1% below national
21 Montana $100,790 2% below national
22 Illinois $100,300 2% below national
23 Hawaii $99,570 3% below national
24 Alabama $99,520 3% below national
25 Michigan $98,310 4% below national
26 Florida $96,700 6% below national
27 Rhode Island $95,260 7% below national
28 Pennsylvania $93,600 9% below national
29 Georgia $93,500 9% below national
30 South Carolina $93,140 9% below national
31 Nevada $92,150 10% below national
32 Nebraska $90,330 12% below national
33 Tennessee $90,170 12% below national
34 Indiana $88,870 13% below national
35 Iowa $85,550 17% below national
36 Ohio $83,960 18% below national
37 Kansas $83,070 19% below national
38 Wisconsin $81,850 20% below national
39 North Dakota $81,750 20% below national
40 Kentucky $79,390 23% below national
41 Maine $79,040 23% below national
42 Vermont $77,060 25% below national
43 Missouri $76,190 26% below national
44 Mississippi $75,860 26% below national
45 Idaho $72,880 29% below national
46 Oklahoma $68,730 33% below national
47 South Dakota $61,790 40% below national
48 West Virginia $61,420 40% below national
49 Puerto Rico $50,510 51% below national
50 Louisiana $50,110 51% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $165,700 +61% above national
2 Lexington Park, MD $159,870 +56% above national
3 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $139,580 +36% above national
4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $131,640 +28% above national
5 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $129,940 +27% above national
6 Rochester, MN $128,820 +26% above national
7 Kennewick-Richland, WA $128,270 +25% above national
8 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $127,940 +25% above national
9 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $126,730 +24% above national
10 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $126,430 +23% above national
11 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $125,440 +22% above national
12 Colorado Springs, CO $123,110 +20% above national
13 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $122,750 +20% above national
14 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $121,520 +18% above national
15 Urban Honolulu, HI $119,530 +16% above national
16 Boulder, CO $118,710 +16% above national
17 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $118,090 +15% above national
18 Lubbock, TX $111,460 +9% above national
19 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $111,420 +9% above national
20 Asheville, NC $111,130 +8% above national
21 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $111,040 +8% above national
22 Pittsfield, MA $110,990 +8% above national
23 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $110,570 +8% above national
24 Manchester-Nashua, NH $110,340 +8% above national
25 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $109,960 +7% above national
26 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $109,590 +7% above national
27 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $109,550 +7% above national
28 Charlottesville, VA $108,440 +6% above national
29 Vallejo, CA $107,650 +5% above national
30 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $106,750 +4% above national
31 Modesto, CA $106,600 +4% above national
32 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $106,530 +4% above national
33 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $106,400 +4% above national
34 Raleigh-Cary, NC $106,290 +4% above national
35 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $106,120 +3% above national
36 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $106,000 +3% above national
37 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $105,930 +3% above national
38 Bozeman, MT $105,850 +3% above national
39 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $105,660 +3% above national
40 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $105,620 +3% above national
41 Albuquerque, NM $105,320 +3% above national
42 Barnstable Town, MA $105,320 +3% above national
43 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $104,850 +2% above national
44 Richmond, VA $104,590 +2% above national
45 Naples-Marco Island, FL $104,540 +2% above national
46 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $104,470 +2% above national
47 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $104,410 +2% above national
48 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $104,020 +1% above national
49 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $103,940 +1% above national
50 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $103,890 +1% above national
51 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $103,880 +1% above national
52 Huntsville, AL $103,850 +1% above national
53 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $103,710 +1% above national
54 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $103,640 +1% above national
55 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $103,610 +1% above national
56 Burlington, NC $103,470 +1% above national
57 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $103,350 +1% above national
58 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $103,010 same as national
59 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $102,990 same as national
60 Spartanburg, SC $102,940 same as national
61 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $102,660 same as national
62 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $102,600 same as national
63 Lynchburg, VA $102,520 same as national
64 Stockton-Lodi, CA $102,480 same as national
65 Bellingham, WA $102,400 same as national
66 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $102,360 same as national
67 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $102,360 same as national
68 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $102,350 same as national
69 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $102,260 same as national
70 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $102,240 same as national
71 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $102,080 1% below national
72 Binghamton, NY $102,070 1% below national
73 Ann Arbor, MI $102,050 1% below national
74 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $101,980 1% below national
75 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $101,850 1% below national
76 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $101,840 1% below national
77 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $101,510 1% below national
78 Port St. Lucie, FL $101,350 1% below national
79 Savannah, GA $100,910 2% below national
80 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $100,810 2% below national
81 Missoula, MT $100,790 2% below national
82 Helena, MT $100,530 2% below national
83 Santa Fe, NM $100,530 2% below national
84 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $100,480 2% below national
85 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $100,450 2% below national
86 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $99,930 3% below national
87 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $99,800 3% below national
88 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $99,640 3% below national
89 Tucson, AZ $99,300 3% below national
90 Ogden, UT $99,240 3% below national
91 Bend, OR $99,160 3% below national
92 Roanoke, VA $99,140 3% below national
93 Corvallis, OR $98,570 4% below national
94 Chico, CA $98,470 4% below national
95 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $98,450 4% below national
96 Worcester, MA $98,420 4% below national
97 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $98,290 4% below national
98 Salinas, CA $98,020 4% below national
99 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $97,990 5% below national
100 Midland, TX $97,800 5% below national
101 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $97,620 5% below national
102 Gainesville, GA $97,420 5% below national
103 Dubuque, IA $97,150 5% below national
104 Fresno, CA $97,150 5% below national
105 State College, PA $97,120 5% below national
106 Jacksonville, FL $96,950 6% below national
107 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $96,870 6% below national
108 Salisbury, MD $96,360 6% below national
109 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $95,690 7% below national
110 Rockford, IL $95,610 7% below national
111 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $95,520 7% below national
112 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $95,500 7% below national
113 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $95,470 7% below national
114 Reno, NV $95,400 7% below national
115 Rochester, NY $95,020 7% below national
116 Greensboro-High Point, NC $94,760 8% below national
117 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $94,730 8% below national
118 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $94,620 8% below national
119 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $94,580 8% below national
120 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $94,400 8% below national
121 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $94,120 8% below national
122 Montgomery, AL $94,120 8% below national
123 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $93,900 8% below national
124 Bloomington, IL $93,580 9% below national
125 Salem, OR $93,340 9% below national
126 Syracuse, NY $93,270 9% below national
127 El Paso, TX $93,130 9% below national
128 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $92,970 9% below national
129 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $92,920 9% below national
130 New Haven, CT $92,810 10% below national
131 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $92,740 10% below national
132 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $92,470 10% below national
133 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $92,260 10% below national
134 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $92,120 10% below national
135 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $91,990 10% below national
136 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $91,280 11% below national
137 Eau Claire, WI $91,070 11% below national
138 Winston-Salem, NC $90,490 12% below national
139 Ames, IA $90,220 12% below national
140 Gainesville, FL $90,050 12% below national
141 Greeley, CO $89,990 12% below national
142 Mobile, AL $89,180 13% below national
143 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $88,820 13% below national
144 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $88,730 14% below national
145 Omaha, NE-IA $88,720 14% below national
146 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $88,530 14% below national
147 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $88,330 14% below national
148 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $88,150 14% below national
149 Lancaster, PA $88,060 14% below national
150 St. Cloud, MN $88,020 14% below national
151 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $88,010 14% below national
152 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $88,000 14% below national
153 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $87,930 14% below national
154 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $87,850 14% below national
155 Portland-South Portland, ME $87,530 15% below national
156 Columbus, GA-AL $87,520 15% below national
157 Tallahassee, FL $87,180 15% below national
158 Columbus, OH $87,000 15% below national
159 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $86,900 15% below national
160 Birmingham, AL $86,790 15% below national
161 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $86,650 16% below national
162 Canton-Massillon, OH $85,780 16% below national
163 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $85,550 17% below national
164 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $85,450 17% below national
165 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $85,420 17% below national
166 Wausau, WI $85,410 17% below national
167 Waco, TX $84,390 18% below national
168 Eugene-Springfield, OR $84,370 18% below national
169 Kansas City, MO-KS $84,270 18% below national
170 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $84,090 18% below national
171 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $83,960 18% below national
172 Ithaca, NY $83,680 18% below national
173 Cleveland, OH $83,530 19% below national
174 Cedar Rapids, IA $83,500 19% below national
175 Greenville, NC $83,290 19% below national
176 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $83,250 19% below national
177 Green Bay, WI $83,140 19% below national
178 Madison, WI $83,060 19% below national
179 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $82,770 19% below national
180 Abilene, TX $82,590 20% below national
181 Bismarck, ND $82,430 20% below national
182 Springfield, IL $82,170 20% below national
183 Utica-Rome, NY $81,920 20% below national
184 Appleton, WI $81,850 20% below national
185 Fargo, ND-MN $81,750 20% below national
186 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $81,600 20% below national
187 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $81,470 21% below national
188 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $81,370 21% below national
189 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $81,280 21% below national
190 Tulsa, OK $81,070 21% below national
191 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $81,050 21% below national
192 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $81,020 21% below national
193 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $80,810 21% below national
194 Janesville-Beloit, WI $80,710 21% below national
195 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $80,660 21% below national
196 Champaign-Urbana, IL $80,610 21% below national
197 Toledo, OH $80,570 21% below national
198 Lincoln, NE $80,460 22% below national
199 College Station-Bryan, TX $80,330 22% below national
200 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $80,040 22% below national
201 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $80,040 22% below national
202 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $79,940 22% below national
203 Akron, OH $79,920 22% below national
204 Killeen-Temple, TX $79,910 22% below national
205 Wilmington, NC $79,850 22% below national
206 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $79,840 22% below national
207 Wichita, KS $79,730 22% below national
208 Pittsburgh, PA $79,590 22% below national
209 Evansville, IN $79,370 23% below national
210 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $79,120 23% below national
211 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $79,040 23% below national
212 St. Louis, MO-IL $78,870 23% below national
213 Warner Robins, GA $78,260 24% below national
214 Chattanooga, TN-GA $78,200 24% below national
215 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $77,980 24% below national
216 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $77,620 24% below national
217 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $77,580 24% below national
218 Fort Wayne, IN $77,390 25% below national
219 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $76,760 25% below national
220 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $76,760 25% below national
221 Topeka, KS $76,540 25% below national
222 Las Cruces, NM $76,470 25% below national
223 Columbia, SC $76,360 26% below national
224 Medford, OR $76,350 26% below national
225 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $76,250 26% below national
226 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $76,010 26% below national
227 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $75,950 26% below national
228 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $75,770 26% below national
229 Saginaw, MI $75,610 26% below national
230 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $75,470 26% below national
231 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $75,270 27% below national
232 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $75,160 27% below national
233 Reading, PA $74,570 27% below national
234 Knoxville, TN $74,520 27% below national
235 Peoria, IL $74,510 27% below national
236 Columbia, MO $74,170 28% below national
237 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $73,690 28% below national
238 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $71,250 31% below national
239 Logan, UT-ID $71,230 31% below national
240 Jefferson City, MO $70,880 31% below national
241 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $70,170 32% below national
242 Macon-Bibb County, GA $70,100 32% below national
243 Billings, MT $69,230 33% below national
244 Oklahoma City, OK $68,730 33% below national
245 Lexington-Fayette, KY $67,220 34% below national
246 Boise City, ID $66,610 35% below national
247 Manhattan, KS $66,440 35% below national
248 San Angelo, TX $65,920 36% below national
249 Jackson, MS $65,480 36% below national
250 Erie, PA $65,220 36% below national
251 Clarksville, TN-KY $64,580 37% below national
252 Lafayette, LA $63,740 38% below national
253 Baton Rouge, LA $63,580 38% below national
254 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $63,480 38% below national
255 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $61,790 40% below national
256 Charleston, WV $61,420 40% below national
257 York-Hanover, PA $61,140 40% below national
258 Elizabethtown, KY $61,130 40% below national
259 Fayetteville, NC $60,210 41% below national
260 Springfield, MO $59,730 42% below national
261 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $57,970 44% below national
262 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $52,160 49% below national
263 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $51,570 50% below national
264 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,530 54% below national
265 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $46,960 54% below national
266 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,830 59% below national
267 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $39,800 61% below national

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