QA Engineer salary: $174K median
From 43 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$174Kmedian advertised salary
$143K – $202Kmiddle half of roles
$177Kaverage advertised salary
43roles counted
QA Engineer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $182K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $177K | 40 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Summit Therapeutics | $172K | 3 |
Highest-paying open QA Engineer roles
All QA engineer jobs- Senior Director, GCP Quality AssuranceBeeline Medicines · 🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States$266K - $344KLeadGCP
- Senior Director of Asset Quality AssuranceFormation Bio · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; New York, NY$235K - $307KLeadGCPAgile
- Manufacturing Software Test EngineerFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$130K - $300KPythonC++Linux
- Senior Director, Quality AssuranceInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$273K - $290KLeadGCPMachine Learning
- Staff Software Engineer, Mobile QACoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $286KRemoteLeadReactKotlinSwift
- SDET ManagerEpic Games · 🇺🇸Bellevue,Washington,United States$155K - $259KPythonTypeScriptC++
- Test Automation EngineerFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $250KPythonLinuxCI/CD
- Compliance QA Program ManagerBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$136K - $245KAgile
- Senior Software Development Engineer in TestZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$205K - $245KSeniorPythonC++SQL
- Staff Software Development Engineer In Test, Platform SoftwareLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$165K - $241KLeadPythonC++CI/CD
- Staff Software Development Engineer in Test, PKINetskope · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$116K - $236KLeadPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Director, QA GMP OperationsDyne Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Waltham, MA$188K - $230KLead
- Sr. Staff SDET, Customer EngineeringHims & Hers · 🇺🇸US - Remote$180K - $225KRemoteLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptKotlin
- Staff Engineer SDETAviatrix · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$189K - $223KLeadGoPythonDocker
- Team Lead - Quality Assurance, Support ExcellenceAdyen · 🇺🇸Chicago$160K - $220KLead
- Software Development Engineer in TestZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$161K - $220KPythonC++SQL
- Senior Software Engineer, Mobile QACoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$186K - $219KRemoteSeniorReactKotlinSwift
- Senior Engineer, Charging Software TestingLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$158K - $218KSeniorPythonMATLAB
- Senior QA Engineer, Client InterfacesCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorGoTypeScriptTerraform
- Senior Hardware Test Automation Engineer, PhotonicsPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Milpitas, California$155K - $200KSeniorPythonSQL
Questions about QA Engineer pay
- What is the average QA Engineer salary?
- $177K a year on average and $174K at the median, across 43 open QA Engineer postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $143K to $202K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest QA Engineer pay?
- Summit Therapeutics ($172K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for QA Engineer roles at tech companies is $174K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $143K to $202K. Counted from 43 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/qa-engineer/
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