Unit testing salary: $175K median
The median advertised Unit testing salary is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $144K to $208K: counted from 175 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $84 an hour or $14,583 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $230K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Unit testing jobs
$175Kmedian advertised salary
$144K – $208Kmiddle half of roles
$176Kaverage advertised salary
175roles counted
Unit testing salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $203K, 6% more than senior roles ($191K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $191K | $160K–$215K | 72 |
| Lead and above | $203K | $170K–$256K | 23 |
| No level in the title | $145K | $138K–$184K | 77 |
Unit testing salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $199K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸California | $192K | 68 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $175K | 167 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $145K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $142K | 22 |
Skills that pay more for Unit testing roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Vision | $221K | +$46K | 17 |
| Operating systems | $192K | +$18K | 17 |
| Kubernetes | $192K | +$18K | 33 |
| Control systems | $192K | +$16K | 28 |
| GCP | $190K | +$15K | 24 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Brex | $270K | 3 |
| Agility Robotics | $228K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $221K | 14 |
| Reliable Robotics | $196K | 6 |
| Fivetran | $186K | 6 |
| KoBold Metals | $180K | 3 |
| Rocket Lab | $165K | 7 |
| Beacon Biosignals | $160K | 3 |
| Judi Health | $158K | 3 |
| Apex Technology | $158K | 3 |
| BlackSky | $155K | 3 |
| HawkEye 360 | $152K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $145K | 35 |
| SharkNinja | $138K | 3 |
| Alphatec Spine | $125K | 3 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $110K | 3 |
| iCapital | $88K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Unit testing roles
All Unit testing jobs- Mission Systems LeadAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$298K - $395KLead and aboveComputer VisionSecurity clearanceNetwork engineering
- Software Engineer - Testing FrameworksBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridGoPythonDocker
- Engineering Manager - Finance & Supply Chain EngineeringBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KGoTypeScriptJavaScript
- Sr. Staff Engineer, Motion Planning and Controls, Autonomous DrivingLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$217K - $318KLead and aboveC++JiraC
- Staff Solutions Engineer - West CoastGoteleport · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$276K - $307KRemoteLead and aboveGoLLMLinux
- Engineering Manager, SalesforceBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$240K - $300KJavaScriptSalesforceCI/CD
- Engineering Manager, SalesforceBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$240K - $300KJavaScriptSalesforceCI/CD
- Sr. Flight Software EngineerReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$215K - $300KSeniorC++CControl systems
- Robotics Systems Software Integration EngineerSunday · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$150K - $300KPythonC++Git
- Principal Software EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Santa Clara, California$244K - $298KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Staff Software Engineer, ReleaseAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Full StackIllumio · 🇺🇸HQ - Sunnyvale (Office)$238K - $285KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Staff Guidance Navigation And Controls EngineerShield AI · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX, US$188K - $281KLead and aboveRustC++C
- Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, RadarReliable Robotics · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$210K - $280KSeniorPythonC++Agile
- Principal Engineer, Secure AI GatewayNetskope · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$134K - $272KLead and aboveGoC++Docker
- Sr. RF Silicon Software Engineer (RFIC Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$165K - $270KSeniorPythonC++Verilog
- Sr. Simulation Software Engineer (Vehicle Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorC++Network engineeringOperating systems
- Staff Firmware EngineerAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Fremont, CA$205K - $265KHybridLead and aboveC++LinuxJira
- Staff Engineer, Detection and ResponseApollo.io · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$184K - $264KRemoteLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform
- Staff Engineer, Security OperationsApollo.io · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$184K - $264KRemoteLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform
Questions about Unit testing pay
- What is the average Unit testing salary?
- $176K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 175 open Unit testing 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 $144K to $208K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Unit testing pay?
- Brex ($270K), Agility Robotics ($228K), Anduril Industries ($221K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an unit testing a high-paying job?
- The median Unit testing posting advertises $175K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an unit testing?
- A tenth of the postings offer $230K a year or more; the highest open Unit testing role advertises up to $395K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Unit testing salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $175K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,583 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $100 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Unit testing roles?
- Postings that ask for Computer Vision (+$46K, 17 postings), Operating systems (+$18K, 17 postings), Kubernetes (+$18K, 33 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all Unit testing 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 Unit testing roles at companies is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $144K to $208K. Counted from 175 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/unit-testing/
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