Salary for Senior-level / Expert QA Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert QA Engineer during 2025 is USD 142,325

✏️ This salary info is based on 24 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert QA Engineer salary lies between USD 117,200 and USD 175,120 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
QA Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
24
Top 10%
$ 224,000
Top 25%
$ 175,120
Median
$ 142,325
Bottom 25%
$ 117,200
Bottom 10%
$ 99,100

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert QA Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert QA Engineer job listings are Testing, Python and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Testing | 78 jobs Python | 69 jobs Engineering | 58 jobs Machine Learning | 48 jobs APIs | 40 jobs Pipelines | 39 jobs Selenium | 37 jobs Agile | 34 jobs CI/CD | 34 jobs Computer Science | 31 jobs AWS | 30 jobs Security | 29 jobs Java | 26 jobs SQL | 25 jobs Architecture | 21 jobs Azure | 20 jobs Jira | 20 jobs Data quality | 20 jobs Jenkins | 19 jobs JavaScript | 18 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert QA Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert QA Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 52 jobs Health care | 22 jobs Startup environment | 20 jobs Flex hours | 19 jobs Team events | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 11 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Gear | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs

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