US Salary Data

May 2025 OEWS estimate

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Tester Salary in the United States

The national median annual salary is $104,300. This page compares official BLS estimates across 41 major metro areas with publishable data.

National salary overview

Median annual salary

$104,300

Mean annual salary

$111,490

Employment estimate

186,740

National annual salary percentiles

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Tester national annual salary percentilesFive BLS percentile estimates positioned on a zero-based annual salary scale. The median is shown as a square.P10P25P50P75P90$0$167,010
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Tester national annual salary percentiles values
PercentileAnnual salary
P10$61,440
P25$80,310
P50$104,300
P75$133,180
P90$167,010
MeasureAnnual salary
10th percentile$61,440
25th percentile$80,310
50th percentile$104,300
75th percentile$133,180
90th percentile$167,010

Highest-paying metros in this dataset

Ranked by annual median salary. This is not a cost-of-living or quality-of-life ranking.

  1. 1. San Jose, CA$166,530
  2. 2. San Francisco, CA$134,630
  3. 3. New York, NY$130,540
  4. 4. Baltimore, MD$129,880
  5. 5. Seattle, WA$129,690
  6. 6. Urban Honolulu, HI$128,010
  7. 7. Washington, DC$126,350
  8. 8. Denver, CO$123,690
  9. 9. Boston, MA$122,210
  10. 9. Los Angeles, CA$122,210

Largest employment markets