Quality Engineer salary: $148K median
The median advertised Quality Engineer salary is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $122K to $172K: counted from 282 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $71 an hour or $12,375 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $206K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll quality engineer jobs
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$122K – $172Kmiddle half of roles
$152Kaverage advertised salary
282roles counted
Quality Engineer salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $182K, 20% more than senior roles ($152K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $152K | $140K–$172K | 106 |
| Lead and above | $182K | $162K–$208K | 38 |
| No level in the title | $133K | $110K–$152K | 134 |
Quality Engineer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $188K | 40 |
| 🇺🇸California | $170K | 138 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $148K | 268 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $148K | 17 |
Skills that pay more for Quality Engineer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | $170K | +$22K | 56 |
| Security clearance | $170K | +$22K | 55 |
| Procurement | $170K | +$22K | 52 |
| MATLAB | $170K | +$22K | 37 |
| Data quality | $170K | +$22K | 36 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Waymo | $234K | 4 |
| Fluidstack | $208K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $207K | 3 |
| Oura | $188K | 4 |
| Neros Technologies | $185K | 7 |
| Whoop | $172K | 3 |
| Agility Robotics | $169K | 3 |
| PsiQuantum | $166K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $160K | 62 |
| Rocket Lab | $152K | 4 |
| Harbinger Motors Inc. | $150K | 6 |
| Crusoe | $140K | 7 |
| Shield AI | $134K | 4 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $131K | 3 |
| ALTEN Technology USA | $130K | 5 |
| Relativity Space | $130K | 4 |
| Epirus | $122K | 3 |
| Veeva | $115K | 6 |
| BETA Technologies | $115K | 7 |
| Gotion | $110K | 8 |
| Scout Motors | $108K | 7 |
| SpaceX | $106K | 6 |
| Valar Atomics | $102K | 9 |
Highest-paying open Quality Engineer roles
All quality engineer jobs- Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center Power & CoolingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $405KSQLPower BISix Sigma certification
- Component and Product Quality Engineer, InterconnectsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$207K - $365KHybridData centersPerformance managementHardware testing
- Vice President, Hardware QualityWhoop · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$200K - $300KLead and abovePCB designProcurementLean manufacturing
- Member of Technical Staff (Quality Engineering)Solstice · 🇺🇸New York City$160K - $300KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Manufacturing Quality EngineerHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$120K - $300K
- Quality Systems Engineer - FlashBlade and FlashArrayPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$244K - $298KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center EquipmentOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$165K - $290KRemotePMPSix Sigma certificationData centers
- Staff Product Quality EngineerCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$188K - $275KLead and aboveGoData centersHardware testing
- PCB Quality EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$215K - $265KPRDsPCB designASIC
- Head of Product QualityPAX Labs · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$175K - $265KRemoteLead and aboveGo
- Supplier Quality EngineerFluidstack · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$155K - $262K
- Supplier Quality Engineer, ElectricalFluidstack · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$155K - $262K
- Product Quality Engineer, Automotive SensorsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$210K - $259KSix Sigma certificationControl systemsFirmware
- Product Quality Engineer, Vehicle SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; Novi, MI, USA$210K - $259KControl systemsFirmwareMechanical assembly
- Advanced / NPI Quality EngineerSkydio · 🇺🇸Hayward, California, United States$145K - $257KPythonSQLSix Sigma certification
- Engineer, Manager - MRB/SustainmentAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $254KComputer VisionSecurity clearanceSensor fusion
- Senior Manager of Digital Quality SystemsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $254KSeniorPythonSQLSnowflake
- Director, Clinical Quality LeadKardigan · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States, Princeton…$194K - $253KLead and aboveGCPPowerPointMicrosoft Word
- Manufacturing Quality Engineer BotQFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $250KSix Sigma certificationAuditMechatronics
- Supplier Quality EngineerFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $250KMechatronicsGD&TQuality inspection
Questions about Quality Engineer pay
- What is the average Quality Engineer salary?
- $152K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 282 open Quality Engineer postings at 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 $122K to $172K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Quality Engineer pay?
- Waymo ($234K), Fluidstack ($208K), CoreWeave ($207K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a quality engineer a high-paying job?
- The median Quality Engineer posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a quality engineer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $206K a year or more; the highest open Quality Engineer role advertises up to $405K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Quality Engineer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,375 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $58 to $82 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Quality Engineer roles?
- Postings that ask for Statistics (+$22K, 56 postings), Security clearance (+$22K, 55 postings), Procurement (+$22K, 52 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all Quality Engineer postings with pay.
- 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 Quality Engineer roles at companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $122K to $172K. Counted from 282 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/quality-engineer/
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