Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
United States. Estimated employment 186,740, with pages for 7 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 15-1253
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$104,300 · 50th
$61,44010th
$80,31025th
$104,30050th
$133,18075th
$167,01090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $130,710 | 170 |
| New York, NY | $130,540 | 11,460 |
| Binghamton, NY | $105,170 | 110 |
| Buffalo, NY | $101,880 | 340 |
| Albany, NY | $100,690 | 430 |
| Syracuse, NY | $97,950 | 200 |
| Rochester, NY | $97,840 | 490 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 186,740 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 15-1253, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. Mapped to our taxonomy as software-quality-assurance-analysts-and-testers.
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