Friends,
If you are working as a Test engineer or a QA engineer then this might be shocking for you, Specifically my Indian friends.
See the salary chart below
This is the salary for Test/QA engineers by their experience. This salary structure is for those who does the job of design, implement, execute and debug information technology test cases and scripts, Automate test cases, Find bugs, defects, and regressions, Verify fixes, Validate and document completion of testing and development. Here get the detail company wise, US city wise salary structure.
Come on what you are thinking now 
47 comments ↓
[…] wondered how much salary software testers or QA engg’s are getting? Just have some rough idea about testers payscales in US here. My Indian friends don’t demand this salary in India. You will get fired nothing else
But […]
I completely disagree with the chart of pay scale. I’ve been in QA field for less than 1 yr and I make $40/hr. your chart is nowhere close to my number. I’ve atleast 7 colleagues that I know make around that much in USA. You got to fix this chart.
The above chart is from Payscale.com…i believe that the salaries vary greatly from company to company and between various job profiles…a white box tester earns much more than a black box one….similarly, somebody testing a product may earn more than a service industry tester
Thanks for informing the discrepancies. let me tell you that this salary is average in the industry, so what you are getting may be more than this and may vary from the city in which you are working.
The latest updated data by payscale.com can be found on the link I provided in the article.
Can you suggest the pay scale given in Indian cities and the opportunities in QA.
Pls. suggest.
Also i would like to know whether the payscale of a developer is more or gets more as the experience he builds as compared to a QA person.i am at present a .Net developer and changing my line as a QA as having interest in it.Do suggest, and why is this misconception that QA line is not so challenging as compared to development and anyone can enter into it without any prior basic knowledge.
Hi, this is first time i am interacting to you.As Iam a frehers in testing and I have all the manual testing ,automated testing knowledge wored with winruner,testdirector,load runner,qtp. But i am thinking there is no good company for me.But iwant build my carrer in this field only and Iwant to upto top level so what i should do,Please advise me Email: upadhyay_chan@yahoo.com,chan.nttf@gmail.com
advance Thank a lot.
The above chart is INCORRECT. I am working in a product-based company which I joined as a fresher(0yrs of experince). I have been offered $5000(Rs2,00,000) per annum. Your chart scared me!!
Now the Payscale has been changed in all companies after layoffs…
it is now more than 2.4 for freshers..
Now again Salary is growing up. There is small slow down in the market. But it’ll be ended in the coming time and salary will be more good for QA or testing people. Enjoy
i’m earning 8k per month and i have 2 years of experience inmanual as well as automation testing…
crying
hi, im in testing field from last 5 months, and im earning only 4k per month :(, worried will get any good job or not
Hey Preethi ,
Maybe its high time you change your company,
because , i think a fresher in testing gets anywhere between 10,000 - 12,000 Rs if not less.
Hi, i am working in the website testing near to 1 month.
My payscale is 30k/month.
Sal varies from company to company.
So better switch in other companies.
hi
I saw the chart about. Now I am working aprivate company at position QA. I want job in USA. How to contact US visas and companies. please send advice and advice for me.
My E-mail id: snedison@yahoo.co.in
Hi,
I am sravanthi working as a test engineer in US based company.Currently my sal is 8k.Now i want to change company please forward me if any interviews are going on…………
HI Guys,,
I want to state the important notification to people who are looking forward to build there career in Testing.
As myself working as Test Manager In Accenture i want to provide useful suggestions.. Now guys in testing there will be very very less openings in future as a fresher & experienced people…
Every company needs more developers than testers. As in our company we are training freshers in Testing domain so those guys who are trying as Freshers or experienced wont get any chance to work in MNC Company.
The same problem exist in all companies..
Now manual testing has no value in testing domain.
As current market needs telecom & protocol testers with 3 to 4 year exp in MNC Company..
Guys who are looking fwd to do testing course and planning to try for job then it would be a wrong decision…
U have to struggle a lot there is no way u will get job. Better move on to Java,.net, Php as u can easily get a job as lot of openings will be there in this field..
In testing lot of fake candidates with fake experience are entering in this field they will face a problem in future as every company are keeping track of all fake institute & company… just they will blacklist candidate profile in Job sites where in future no company will refer candidate profile..
Even in small companies they need more developers than testers. No one can expect a bright future with good salary in testing domain..
Upto 2010 all MNC based companies don’t require any experienced testers. All MNC are training freshers in testing, who has got selected in campus interview..
Dont waste money by doing courses in any institutes as u cant learn anything related to automation tools. So just dont think that by putting fake experience in automation u will get a job..No institute can provide training related to Automation tools..
As a senior with 4+ year of experience in testing it is my responsibility to assist juniors who are looking for a bright career in testing..
This is the right time to think seriously as everyone who are searching for job are not getting any interview calls in testing domain..
In our company we are getting 1000 profiles for 1 position. This is the scenario in all IT Companies. So all majority companies are not in need of any testers in future..
Those who are freshers doing testing course or having 1 or 2 year experience in testing my suggestion is to shift to programming field related to Php, .NET, JAVA, SAP, DATAWAREHOUSING, PL/SQL, SEO,… U can get a good salary in a good company with job security….Now it is the right time to take better decision for better future..
Now it is the right time to take better decision for better future.. Now those who are trying for job in testing field knows the truth that they are not getting any calls.. But if u are a programmer lot of opportunities will be awaiting for u….
Hello all, i would like to seek your advise especially at this point of time wherein i have practically no experience in S/w Testing while my background is that i have done my B.Tech (passed out in 2002 and have not been working since then although i have done a course in S/w Testing too).
I am a housewife with 2 children and would like to take up a job in S/w Testing. And, i fully understand the phenomenal change in the industry and the profession.
- Can i get into a S/w Testing job as a fresher within
Bangalore?
Any advise/tips/suggestions are welcome.
Kavita
Hi Kavita,
Nice to here that ur very interested in S/w Testing field. Welcome to our world. And coming to ur point, U can search job as a fresher too…along with S/w Testing course, pls learn any one Testing tools as well. And with this need some programing language and one database knowledge also. Pls update ur knowledge and try for the job. all the best.
regs
jk,blr
its quite surprising how many induviduals are out there trying to “get” in within the software quality assurance field, to the induviduals who say they are serious:
answer these questions (yes/no):
have you atended any software testing conferences within last year?
have you created any templates which you believe would increase the stability of traceablity within the testing effort?
have you ever progressed forward on to attempting to teach others bout this field?
have you watched videos/ read any books on software testing best practices, then tried to implement them?
have you actually “actually” started studying for a software quality assurance designation (certification)?
have you held seminars / talks at work to promote change and effectivness (business cases) regarding the quality efforts and how it might be done?
have you constructed your own definition of quality, other than the one memorized from texts?
if you have answered no to these questions, then guess what, you may not be interested in software quality assurance as a passion to enhance efforts,
now a days recruiters/interviewers are smart enough to question outside of the box of just questions regarding testing, they will poke and probe deeper and deeper in ordert o get a consise answer, or even ask questions you were not expecting all to find out how passionate you really are about this field.
always remember, anyone can be trained to do a testers role, but a passionate, proactive innovator will always be sought after.
Hi all
I just read an article written by Mr Patrick on 07.02.08
#17 in QA,Testers payscale. Is tht really true????
i got training on manual and automated tools…. now im searching jobs on testing…..im feeling bit tensed after reading tht one…..plz confirm tht it was not true.
Hi all
This is exactly the site I have been looking for. I have been in the I.T. field since about 1999. I have mostly been doing Nortel Telecom programming. I have been working a job as an Availability Analyst in a Data Center for a automation monitoring group since March of 07. I use Mercury Loadrunner to download and test scripts for web applications. I do quick fixes to them like a text check or maybe comment out certain sections if we see something turn red on the board because of a change to the site. I also help update and build out telescope applications which we created for people in the data center to use to test scripts. Our scrips are in a C++ format. I really want to just go into software QA automation testing. Can someone give me some advice on how to prepare for it? Do I need to learn certain programming languages such as C++ or C#. Should I focus more on .NET stuff. A lot of this stuff is new to me, just thought someone out there can help. One of my co workers over in india used to just do QA stuff building and testing scripts. I think she knows VB. Where should I start.
Thanks
@ mr. vijay ,
sir plz clear my confusion which arise due to following comment “#17 patrick on 07.02.08 at 12:41 pm”.
is it true?
i m working as Q.A engineer (4 month exp.)
Hi Friends,
Latest Tester’s payscale in Microsoft.
Tester = $ 24/hour
Developer = $ 16/Hour.
Future of Testing is very Bright.
There are so many openings coming at the end of this Year and Start of the New Year,
Hi Friends,
I am fresher in testing and getting 1.8 lacs per annum . Career in software testing is very bright. There are many oppurtunities in this field.
Hi , Thanks
patrick you should always cop others not dissatisfy anyone.
there are good institutions gives good training in tools also.many have got job in testing also.
coz recession period is going on so no much calls in any domain.s i agree no much calls in testing also due to that.but we hope for best.
your straight approach of convincing is not good here
thank you
Hi Patrick, I am working as a Test Manger with an MNC and soft advice without hurting you is that you doesn’t seem to know much undertanding of feild nor the objective of testing.
There can never be a situation in any company where developers are preffered for testers, as both the domains have their roles defined, and more the development more are the chances of a defect in the work done and which itself enhances the chance of someone testing the work- This is such an elementary and basic approach of testing.
Also contrary to your beleif even smaller companies are increasingly getting cautious about the need of having testers in the org, as the software success doesn’t entirely depend on the developer it’s depend on the tester who will enentually test the software before it gets launched in the market.
hi,
could anyone tell me the career prospects of game tester.is it a better career to opt for? how are the salaries for entry level ppl and experinced…
thnks in adv
hi Deepu,
One of my friend is working in the gaming company in Bangalore,
It is also a good career,
Fresher : 11k+3K Incentives+Food coupons+Yearly Bonus+6 month appraisal.
Thanks
This is great site where i got everything that is very useful
hey guys
I have an opening for testing engineer for my client at hyderabad.pay propotional to strength of profile.Interested come to my mail
Hey Guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont Worry !!!!!!!! Now Great scope for the testing is there n one more thing, in Australia ,,more jobs openings for the testing ………
BBye ……
Take Care
how about the salaries in testing.They r very less in d beginning.Do they increase after experience?
Yes, Abhishek…the salary offcourse increases with the Experience..
you can easily go upto the package of 6 to 7Lp.a.
i heard thers no growth in testing.a tester remains ats ame level thru out his life.Is it so?
Hi All,
Iam not agree with Abhishek. In testing also very good future. But we should learn more things like Functionality and Development knowledge.
Future of Testing is very Bright.Salary structure very very good…in india also
dear friends i m looking for fresher opening in testing i got previous experience in marketing and i got knowledge in manual and qtp ,pls give me information about fresher opening.my mail id svsk80@gmail.com
thanks
The salary is just 10k for few years .which is quite less when compared to developers. Moreover the competition is high as every non IT student does this .
Abhishek you are correct at some extent but not exactly. if you are a fresher then you need to work for 1 year at this package but afterwards it depends on you that you are widening your skills or not..
in testing which tool is in demand?whether blackbox r whitebox or load runnner?
The guys who say that testing have got goood demand& salaries are correct & trustable?
Hi All,
All the discussion above related to the QA reviewer has been done keeping in mind that the work that testers do can be done by anyone(freshers).
There are many things in testing which needs testing experience and cannot be done by developer.some of the things are the prioritization of testing,Taking correct decisions under a lot of constraints,perform the testing in limited schedule for all this it requires testing experience and it cannot be done by person who is an experienced developer .
To be a good test lead requires a lot of skills which a cannot be learned overnight.Some of these skills are communication,diplomatically handle the situations,Quick decision making and a lot many other qualities.
For the organizations that want to deliver quality products with minimum rework require persons who can Evaluate and establish process that can assure quality in the deliverables produced by the process and the need for such persons will never end.
No Comments !!!!
dont worry guys….IT field grow up again..time is coming u need to wait sometimes
i cant able to c the image
Is this forum only for engineers in India? I was just wondering because I havent had a response to my question at #22. I’m in America so I dont know if I can get any help here or not. Anyway I will try another forum.
Leave a Comment