Utah Market for Testers - qa-at-the-point/base GitHub Wiki
This "living doc" is meant to share resources and metrics about the Utah Market for Testers!
- Software Tester | Entry-Level
- QA Engineer II | Mid
- QA Engineer III | Senior
- QA Manager
- Software Engineer in Test (SET or SDET)
- Director of Quality
Salaries
Because the market changes every few months, these salaries will also change, but hopefully, this provides resources and insights about what to expect! Also note that these are base salaries and don't include bonuses, stocks, etc.
💡 Be aware that salaries are tied to titles and companies, so a
QA Engineermight make less than aQuality Engineereven if the roles and responsibilities are the same, andCompany Amight pay more thanCompany Bfor the same role.
Software Tester
Similar titles: QA Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer I, QA Tester
- Salary.com
- Average:
$50,000 - Average Range:
$40,000 - $65,000
- Average:
- Glassdoor.com
- Average:
$67,000 - Average Range (without extras)
$50,000 - $65,000
- Average:
Analysis
- An entry-level Software Tester can expect to make around
$50,000 - As you get to 1-2 years of experience, you can expect to make around $
65,000
QA Engineer II
- Salary.com
- Average:
$75,000 - Average Range:
$68,000 - $88,000
- Average:
Analysis
- With 2-4 years of experience, you get a nice jump into the
$80,000range
QA Engineer III
Similar titles: Senior QA Engineer, *Senior Quality Engineer
- Salary.com
- Average:
$90,000 - Average Range:
$77,000 - $107,000
- Average:
Analysis
- With 4-6 years of experience, you get much closer to
$100,000 - With programming and automation experience, you can quickly go past
$100,000+
💡 It's worth mentioning that
Senior Quality Engineerhas a much higher average of$115,000, but this role has more automation focused responsibilities
QA Manager
- Salary.com
- Average:
$110,000 - Average Range:
$90,000 - $130,000
- Average:
Analysis
- Follows the common idea in tech that leadership gives you a large jump in salary
- Managing people, work, and strategy is a great move for some testers
- Experience with automation projects and mentoring gets you closer to the
$130,000 - $140,000range
Software Engineer in Test (SET)
Similar titles: Automation Engineer, Test Automation Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
- Indeed.com
- Average:
$90,000
- Average:
- Salary.com
- Average:
$90,000 - Average Range:
$80,000 - $120,000
- Average:
Analysis
- These titles more closely follow the ladder used for Software Engineers
- Entry-level positions could have you starting around
$80,000 $90,000is most common for testers with UI Automation experience (maybe some API)- Having experience with CI, pipelines, multiple testing techniques, and tools, etc., can easily get you past
$100,000+ - Senior SDETs average
$120,000and up the ladder you go!
Director of Quality
Similar titles: Head of Quality, QA Director
- Salary.com
- Average:
$130,000 - Avareage Range:
$120,000 - $160,000
- Average:
Analysis
- Managing people, work, and strategy across many teams or the entire org commands a higher salary
- Experience with data, reporting, and automation boost this towards the higher end