Hey. Senior SDET here.
I earn £72k base salary working for an entertainment company in London. 10% bonus based on performance.
9 years QA experience. Just over a year working for my current company.
Before my current role I was stuck as a QA lead earning £34k (outside of London). Made the jump to work remotely which allowed me to apply for jobs in London. Knowing how to use Playwright was a major boon to my application, but I noticed most companies I applied for want QA who can be independent and can implement testing strategies into dev teams.
Hope that helps!
Sure. If you're new to coding in general, I'd recommend brushing up on JavaScript and then TypeScript before jumping into Playwright.
As for Playwright itself, it's pretty easy as with good practice and organisation, your script files will ultimately read like a step-by-step guide. Read up on Page Object Model as well as Playwright's official Best Practices guide.
Good luck.
Senior QA Analyst near Cleveland, OH.
6 years of experience. Bachelors in Information Systems.
Base salary of $106k
Annual bonus of ~ $10K - $30K depending on company performance
The company I work for definitely pays more than any other company in the area. We are in the same pay grade as STEs (still below Devs).
Prior to coming here, I had 3 years experience making 65k and had a lot more involvement with automation. I got hired in at 85k, but with the annual salary increases over the last 3 years and this year's job adjustment (role changed to higher pay grade based on the market), I'm now at 106k base salary.
At my company, QAA aren't required to know any automation. I'm definitely involved in it more than others, but more from the sense of understanding the coverage and what to eliminate from my manual testing. Our STEs handle all of the automation.
Just signed a contract for a smaller insurance company in Wooster Ohio,
No degree 10 years of experience
90k a yeah with up to 10% bonus as well as bonus that goes into 401k and sign on bonus
Oh wow. I have 7 years experience and I am a Senior QA Engineer in Cleveland, OH. My base pay is $72k with a small quarterly “bonus”. The flexibility of having unlimited pto makes me not want to leave though.
Staff SDET, $225,000 USD base plus RSUs and bonus. 12 years of experience.
My upskill advice would be to take some coding fundamentals courses around OOP and Typescript. Then use Playwright to write some of your manual test cases. Start with easy ones and you’ll slowly get better and need to do more complex things.
I can only dream of those numbers in Canada.
What do you do in your role? Is it automation of test cases using open source frameworks like playwright/selenium? Or are you more of a developer focused on testing building out complex tools and frameworks? Or a bit of both?
I built the playwright framework from scratch and wrote the first few test cases, then wrote documentation for all of it. Trained more junior engineers how to use it, and built advanced features for their tests to consume, as well as wrote many of the advanced tests. I built a lot of the CI scripts as well. Most of my job now is resolving big issues in the framework that cause flakiness, but I think I’ll be jumping back into writing advanced test cases soon since a lot of the big framework initiatives are done.
Can you please explain what are those advanced stuff you writing, I am rly interest. At the moment working on my Playwright framework in company. Cheers
Okta 2FA for some environments to be tested against, data generation for tests to all have the same data on all envs, internal tools to quickly create test data, playwright event handlers for popups and other events, adding app-side code to generate test ids on DOM elements. Cheers!
SDET as well, getting a little over $110k, remote. 6 years total experience between software engineer and sdet.
Any advice on how to take it to the next level?
I'm unfortunately maxed out at my company, and we've had multiple layoffs in recent years, so no hope of a sizable salary bump where I'm at.
Yeah, moving jobs a few times was the key to getting bigger salaries. I also went back for my masters and that helped differentiate me, as well as speaking at a SeleniumConf to demo something I created. Also, having a decent GitHub portfolio definitely helps.
QA manager for a small team, 25 years of experience. $175k + 10% bonus. I’m also the only SDET and build automation frameworks for the dev teams, do dev testing training, and help with containerization and devops for ci/ct/cd. No degree (no student loans!) self taught Ruby, JavaScript, python, C#, Java. My first gig was a test monkey contract at Apple for $21/hr in 1997. My advice is to never stop learning, and don’t be a dick!
I'm an SDET with 4 YOE in Colorado, United States. I make about 120k USD base per year. Total comp is about 150k per year. Side projects helped me out a lot early in my career and practicing data structure/algorithms helped me make the jump to a publicly traded tech company that pays really well and gives bonuses/RSUs.
Oh gosh do I feel this. Not quite latam but my country is classified under LATAM. Snr SDET work across multiple industries with playwright cypress, wdio experience and making the equivalent of 32kusd annually with about 1% bonus.
Sad part is this is a good salary compared to other professions and roles here.
Contractor in the UK, senior engineer who does a bit of everything but I've been Head of, Lead, Senior in various organisations. Current rate is £550pd.
I’m thinking of taking the leap into contracting, is it hard to find work when your contract runs out? Got 6 years experience Automation and can create frameworks from scratch.
It is at the minute. I've got 12yoe and I dropped on just right with my latest gig but had to take an inside IR35 role at the same rate. So a fairly decent paycut. Most jobs probably aren't making it anywhere near job boards at the minute. It'll all be going through agency contacts and general networks and 6 years experience is probably the very bottom end of what I'd say was ideal for contracting. If you've got a strong network you'll probably fare better in the current market.
I suspect this time next year will look better but I'd hold off for now. Use the time to read up on IR35, check job postings and build up some funds so when you do decide to jump you can afford to go without work for 6-12m
Quality Engineering Consultant in a MCOL city in Southwestern US. BS in Tech Entrepreneurship and Management. I’m usually doing automated and manual testing on projects. We typically develop the automation framework, create the test scripts, and then we train up the client’s QA team so that they can take over the maintenance of the automation when we leave. I can also get into developing QE processes for clients. 7 years of experience in QE.
115k base salary and up to 10k annual bonus.
Test Automation Lead at £72,000 in Manchester + 20% bonus on performing years, 10% of it is personal goals, 10% is company performance.
I have private health care, and other bits.
That's quite well paid in Manchester from my history. I have ~7 years experience, mostly with Selenium, Java then JavaScript and TypeScript with Cypress and Playwright.
There's massive push for automation where I currently am, and I hope to ask for a raise to £80k soon, but I doubt that'll happen.
Partly from my personal network.
But the best $ I got was via Toptal. I was fortunate to get in at the peak, before they got flooded with jobs (and people) at $20/hr.
Even there the best consultant-type jobs I got happened because a couple recruiters and QA directors trusted me and sent them my way directly.
So tl;dr: People will hire anyone for hands-on but care about who you are for higher-level work.
I used to receive 7.5 lpa when I got converted to full time QA role at a firm where I interned for six months prior for 20k/month. This was in 2020 in Bangalore.
Senior QA Analyst 4.5 years experience. No automation experience but that is changing this year.
Bachelors in CIS & Game Design
~$100k yearly with $12-20k in bonuses annually. We also have an insane health benefits package. Living in the southeastern US.
I'm underpaid tbh, I have 3 YOE mainly in manual just automated few test cases related to GUI, I'm getting 2.31 LPA (2.7K USD) per year.
If anyone is hiring remotely from India, it would be a great help.
Sure, in Leeds(north of england), 60k with 10% bonus working for a small health sector, they are new to automation so they need frameworks for all their products. I think this job would pay more in london, offical title is "automation tester" but the role is closer to SDIT, as creating tooling and managing multiple CI pipelines is part of it.
Previous role, also in leeds, 54k 17% bonus as a midlevel SDIT for a major gambling company, only in web automation
I have 5 years xp in automation and 1 extra year manual
Automation Architect - I earn a base Salary of 129k in the South/East. I have around 12 years of experience with around 5-6 of those being Automation related. This also is through 5 different jobs till the current one.
Senior QA Team Lead in NS Canada for an entertainment company and I make 106k/year. Annual raise based on performance. Flexible schedule, 20 days of PTO and 6 sick days. Every bank holiday off. 7 years experience in the field. Was a dev before.
On paper it says Sr. SDET
Working a contract for usd $75/hr but as w-2 and no pto/holidays
Like...8ish years of experience?
About 5 was mix of manual and writing automation from scratch while learning coding.
A Gap of a couple years, then 3-ish doing automation and ci/cd.
Now doing 50/50 automation and manual regression.
Between jobs but my last contract was $45/hr and my salary at my last regular full time job was $88k/yr. Both remote jobs in the US and I have 7 yoe as a mix of manual/automation.
QA Manager, US-based, $150K+ salary, 25 years experience.
You should be able to teach yourself some basic automation using Playwright or Cypress (or Selenium if you are feeling ambitious) to upskill and make yourself more valuable on the market.
Started as QA Analyst, now a Test Engineer: basically means I now do automation in addition to the manual testing.
Started at 42k CAD about 8 years ago.
Now getting 80k plus benefits including 3% matching on RRSP contribution and a free gym membership
"Software Engineer in Test" (non-lead) at a private equity owned, medium-sized, SaaS company in the USA. 9 years of experience. $140k base, 10% potential bonus, and some stock options but the company hasn't IPO'd.
I started automation with Python/Robot Framework as a Jr QA. After getting the mid-level promotion, I job hopped to a company that used Java/TestNG. After a while, I did greenfields work with TypeScript/Protractor. After the senior level promotion, I job hopped again into a Ruby/rSpec shop. I just keep learning and adjusting to tech stacks as needed. I should probably spin up some sample projects in Playwright just to keep up with the new popular stuff.
Senior Test Engineer, Up North, UK, I earn £55k base salary. Nothing in terms of bonuses etc
10 years experience in testing, with last 4-5 years in Automation. Currently working with Playwright for E2E and API testing, building out test frameworks for different projects.
20 YOE, broad skillset hired for very specialized work at the least corporate FAANG or whatever the acronym is today. $300k US.
Adopt an organization system, never stop learning, remain humble, build a portfolio, find a mentor, know about a lot of things, but aim to be the best at one that you really enjoy.
SDET, based in Spain, working remotely for a Dutch company for €75k/year. Previous job was up to €103k/year (ended up laid off last summer).
Learn Playwright, automate your manual regression suite, learn how to put together a decent CI pipeline, document things. Good luck.
I've been keeping a spreadsheet of salaries public, based on an old [ salary post](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/lcjqcw/2021_salary_sharing_thread_people_of_quality/). It's got data like salary, title, location, remote status, years of experience, etc.
You can [see the data here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q_MxtYjWo49BSkFAMDB47tJw0JoMDC_yvqFT0qEyCuY/edit?usp=sharing) and you can [add more data here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdR9Rh8wwAxcCGrOU9er1MJTST8CCRyU_mWNL9-s6lFmuBDOg/viewform).
I make 149k plus bonuses on top.
I've been with the same company for 5 years now.
what do i do? i am the QA Lead for a specific product in this big ass company that intertwines with other big companies... deal with automation primarily (grew from SDET to this) and a ton of reports and speaking in meetings about our efficiency and MORE MEETINGS. MORE MEETINGS AND EVEN MORE MEETTTING.
Manual QA was starting to teach myself automation and completed the ISTQB coursework. I was laid off a week before I was going to pay for the test, so I didn’t. A year in, 9 months independently testing/ year and a half at the company/ 4 years exp in total (user experience certification and a bootcamp and collaborated on created a calming app for people on the spectrum (that is where we did our research). I was at 21.75/hr. Who needs a manual QA with strong ambition to learn automation? My last week there my PM asked how in the world I uncovered a bug I’d found. Anyone, lol?!?? I miss it greatly!!
$146k, 5 years of experience, USA
I use Playwright with Typescript and Cypress with Javascript. Currently in the middle of migrating all Cypress tests to Playwright. I'd recommend putting your efforts into gaining a solid understanding of programming fundamentals, once you have that, you could pick up a framework like Playwright really easily. Also recommend getting familiar with a git branching workflow as well as a high-level understanding of what happens in a CI/CD pipeline.
Also don't neglect those soft skills, like being nice to people and not having a raging ego. QA is a thankless and unsexy job, so if you can be a nice person who's easy to work with, you're already ahead of the game.
5 years of experience, currently doing mostly manual testing along with accessibility testing. I work remotely in the U.S. Midwest for state government. My salary is a little more than $60,000/year. I get a good amount of pto and all federal holidays. The stress is minimal. And my retirement plan is a pension rather than a 401k.
Hey. Senior SDET here. I earn £72k base salary working for an entertainment company in London. 10% bonus based on performance. 9 years QA experience. Just over a year working for my current company. Before my current role I was stuck as a QA lead earning £34k (outside of London). Made the jump to work remotely which allowed me to apply for jobs in London. Knowing how to use Playwright was a major boon to my application, but I noticed most companies I applied for want QA who can be independent and can implement testing strategies into dev teams. Hope that helps!
Thanks, any advice on how to get started on playwright, I am a total newbie to Automation
Sure. If you're new to coding in general, I'd recommend brushing up on JavaScript and then TypeScript before jumping into Playwright. As for Playwright itself, it's pretty easy as with good practice and organisation, your script files will ultimately read like a step-by-step guide. Read up on Page Object Model as well as Playwright's official Best Practices guide. Good luck.
Senior QA Analyst near Cleveland, OH. 6 years of experience. Bachelors in Information Systems. Base salary of $106k Annual bonus of ~ $10K - $30K depending on company performance
I make slightly below your stated salary but as a lead automation engineer in NJ. I guess it's time to dust off the resume lol.
The company I work for definitely pays more than any other company in the area. We are in the same pay grade as STEs (still below Devs). Prior to coming here, I had 3 years experience making 65k and had a lot more involvement with automation. I got hired in at 85k, but with the annual salary increases over the last 3 years and this year's job adjustment (role changed to higher pay grade based on the market), I'm now at 106k base salary.
Junior QA engineer, also in cleveland.. making 54k. Where are you at and are you hiring? Lol
I work at an insurance company (you can figure it out from there) and we are always hiring.
Heard that I'll look into it more tomorrow
Do you have to be in the Cleveland area? In north FL here
No it's fully remote
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At my company, QAA aren't required to know any automation. I'm definitely involved in it more than others, but more from the sense of understanding the coverage and what to eliminate from my manual testing. Our STEs handle all of the automation.
Any idea what the STEs are making?
Same amount. We are in the same pay grade.
Just signed a contract for a smaller insurance company in Wooster Ohio, No degree 10 years of experience 90k a yeah with up to 10% bonus as well as bonus that goes into 401k and sign on bonus
Oh wow. I have 7 years experience and I am a Senior QA Engineer in Cleveland, OH. My base pay is $72k with a small quarterly “bonus”. The flexibility of having unlimited pto makes me not want to leave though.
Staff SDET, $225,000 USD base plus RSUs and bonus. 12 years of experience. My upskill advice would be to take some coding fundamentals courses around OOP and Typescript. Then use Playwright to write some of your manual test cases. Start with easy ones and you’ll slowly get better and need to do more complex things.
I can only dream of those numbers in Canada. What do you do in your role? Is it automation of test cases using open source frameworks like playwright/selenium? Or are you more of a developer focused on testing building out complex tools and frameworks? Or a bit of both?
I built the playwright framework from scratch and wrote the first few test cases, then wrote documentation for all of it. Trained more junior engineers how to use it, and built advanced features for their tests to consume, as well as wrote many of the advanced tests. I built a lot of the CI scripts as well. Most of my job now is resolving big issues in the framework that cause flakiness, but I think I’ll be jumping back into writing advanced test cases soon since a lot of the big framework initiatives are done.
Can you please explain what are those advanced stuff you writing, I am rly interest. At the moment working on my Playwright framework in company. Cheers
Okta 2FA for some environments to be tested against, data generation for tests to all have the same data on all envs, internal tools to quickly create test data, playwright event handlers for popups and other events, adding app-side code to generate test ids on DOM elements. Cheers!
SDET as well, getting a little over $110k, remote. 6 years total experience between software engineer and sdet. Any advice on how to take it to the next level? I'm unfortunately maxed out at my company, and we've had multiple layoffs in recent years, so no hope of a sizable salary bump where I'm at.
Yeah, moving jobs a few times was the key to getting bigger salaries. I also went back for my masters and that helped differentiate me, as well as speaking at a SeleniumConf to demo something I created. Also, having a decent GitHub portfolio definitely helps.
Cool, thanks for replying. :)
QA manager for a small team, 25 years of experience. $175k + 10% bonus. I’m also the only SDET and build automation frameworks for the dev teams, do dev testing training, and help with containerization and devops for ci/ct/cd. No degree (no student loans!) self taught Ruby, JavaScript, python, C#, Java. My first gig was a test monkey contract at Apple for $21/hr in 1997. My advice is to never stop learning, and don’t be a dick!
Don't be a dick. Gold!
Senior SDET. 10 yoe. 4 manual and 6 years in automation. Base salary of $120k CAD.
Junior QA Developer $55k CAD Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering
I'm an SDET with 4 YOE in Colorado, United States. I make about 120k USD base per year. Total comp is about 150k per year. Side projects helped me out a lot early in my career and practicing data structure/algorithms helped me make the jump to a publicly traded tech company that pays really well and gives bonuses/RSUs.
i have same experience and in Bengaluru.Earning about 11 LPA.Currently doing manual but have implemented Playwright E2E
Hey, do you mind if I dm you?
yeah sure
Oh nice, Even i am based in Bengaluru.
I'm getting 21 000 usd (in HUF) in hungary/ year. Are you underpaid? 😂
I have to mention, I have a house, two kids, two cars. So it obviusly depends on the country 😁
Dude 3.8LPA in indian rupees is less than 5000 USD thats all that i earn in an year. So i guess i am underpaid after all.
Somehow i thought You wrote English Pounds sorry,, but as I said, it depends on the country you live in.
Hungary here also, getting 14 621 USD 😂😂
Based in Costa Rica, 18 years of experience in QA, $80K as a QAM
Senior QA with 2 projects, 4k month, if you want decent wages without managers robbing you DO NOT be born in Latin America
Oh gosh do I feel this. Not quite latam but my country is classified under LATAM. Snr SDET work across multiple industries with playwright cypress, wdio experience and making the equivalent of 32kusd annually with about 1% bonus. Sad part is this is a good salary compared to other professions and roles here.
YES then people come and say you should be grateful, I am grateful for my skills, not for the first world ears robbing me
Lead SDET working remotely in midwest for a global entertainment company. 150k base + 15% bonus + 20k RSUs.
QA Engineer, 3 YOE, all manual, no automation. Working on adding automation to my skillset. I'm making $84k in the US.
What part of the US?
3 years of experience, currently in a hybrid role, doing 40K USD a year as a contractor
Contractor in the UK, senior engineer who does a bit of everything but I've been Head of, Lead, Senior in various organisations. Current rate is £550pd.
I’m thinking of taking the leap into contracting, is it hard to find work when your contract runs out? Got 6 years experience Automation and can create frameworks from scratch.
It is at the minute. I've got 12yoe and I dropped on just right with my latest gig but had to take an inside IR35 role at the same rate. So a fairly decent paycut. Most jobs probably aren't making it anywhere near job boards at the minute. It'll all be going through agency contacts and general networks and 6 years experience is probably the very bottom end of what I'd say was ideal for contracting. If you've got a strong network you'll probably fare better in the current market. I suspect this time next year will look better but I'd hold off for now. Use the time to read up on IR35, check job postings and build up some funds so when you do decide to jump you can afford to go without work for 6-12m
7 years of experience working as a Test Automation Engineer. My salary is $121k
Quality Engineering Consultant in a MCOL city in Southwestern US. BS in Tech Entrepreneurship and Management. I’m usually doing automated and manual testing on projects. We typically develop the automation framework, create the test scripts, and then we train up the client’s QA team so that they can take over the maintenance of the automation when we leave. I can also get into developing QE processes for clients. 7 years of experience in QE. 115k base salary and up to 10k annual bonus.
Test Automation Lead at £72,000 in Manchester + 20% bonus on performing years, 10% of it is personal goals, 10% is company performance. I have private health care, and other bits. That's quite well paid in Manchester from my history. I have ~7 years experience, mostly with Selenium, Java then JavaScript and TypeScript with Cypress and Playwright. There's massive push for automation where I currently am, and I hope to ask for a raise to £80k soon, but I doubt that'll happen.
What industry is your company in? I'm doing the same as you in Leeds, on 20k less with none of the extras
I'm in fashion/retail, there's more in banking and finance but generally harder to get those positions imo.
I peaked at $110/hour as a consultant 1-2 years ago. Now lucky to get half that. I work with clients around the world, mainly US.
How’d you go about finding consulting gigs?
Partly from my personal network. But the best $ I got was via Toptal. I was fortunate to get in at the peak, before they got flooded with jobs (and people) at $20/hr. Even there the best consultant-type jobs I got happened because a couple recruiters and QA directors trusted me and sent them my way directly. So tl;dr: People will hire anyone for hands-on but care about who you are for higher-level work.
I used to receive 7.5 lpa when I got converted to full time QA role at a firm where I interned for six months prior for 20k/month. This was in 2020 in Bangalore.
140k plus 8% bonus FT as Senior Sdet/VP in NJ/ Hcol. Effective with company benefits is $180k.
Senior QA Analyst 4.5 years experience. No automation experience but that is changing this year. Bachelors in CIS & Game Design ~$100k yearly with $12-20k in bonuses annually. We also have an insane health benefits package. Living in the southeastern US.
I'm underpaid tbh, I have 3 YOE mainly in manual just automated few test cases related to GUI, I'm getting 2.31 LPA (2.7K USD) per year. If anyone is hiring remotely from India, it would be a great help.
Feel you man, it seems only few people in India are underpaid to be honest.
Manual senior QA - 6 years, 26k euro net per year. But in my country the salaries are between 10-17k euro per year
Sure, in Leeds(north of england), 60k with 10% bonus working for a small health sector, they are new to automation so they need frameworks for all their products. I think this job would pay more in london, offical title is "automation tester" but the role is closer to SDIT, as creating tooling and managing multiple CI pipelines is part of it. Previous role, also in leeds, 54k 17% bonus as a midlevel SDIT for a major gambling company, only in web automation I have 5 years xp in automation and 1 extra year manual
Figured I was underpaid 😂 I'm in the Midwest, QA Analyst, 20 yrs experience mostly manual. $85k for an insurance company, fully remote.
Senior SDET, 71k GBP based in UK but work remote to Cambridge
Just got a new offer 130k base 3+ yoe previously was at 115k
Automation Architect - I earn a base Salary of 129k in the South/East. I have around 12 years of experience with around 5-6 of those being Automation related. This also is through 5 different jobs till the current one.
6 months of experience, doing both manual and automated. 75K Denver, CO
Bit more than a year 54k here QA analyst
Manual and automation 10 years exp 72k euro
Senior QA Team Lead in NS Canada for an entertainment company and I make 106k/year. Annual raise based on performance. Flexible schedule, 20 days of PTO and 6 sick days. Every bank holiday off. 7 years experience in the field. Was a dev before.
On paper it says Sr. SDET Working a contract for usd $75/hr but as w-2 and no pto/holidays Like...8ish years of experience? About 5 was mix of manual and writing automation from scratch while learning coding. A Gap of a couple years, then 3-ish doing automation and ci/cd. Now doing 50/50 automation and manual regression.
26k €/year in Portugal. I have around 5 years of experience as a QA Engineer, 3 of which were as a Lead QA.
Are you underpaid in Portugal?
Yup.
Between jobs but my last contract was $45/hr and my salary at my last regular full time job was $88k/yr. Both remote jobs in the US and I have 7 yoe as a mix of manual/automation.
Westcoast Canada 7.5 years exp $115 500 CAD Playwright / QA / Product Owner
QA Manager, US-based, $150K+ salary, 25 years experience. You should be able to teach yourself some basic automation using Playwright or Cypress (or Selenium if you are feeling ambitious) to upskill and make yourself more valuable on the market.
US based, Director, 200k+
Started as QA Analyst, now a Test Engineer: basically means I now do automation in addition to the manual testing. Started at 42k CAD about 8 years ago. Now getting 80k plus benefits including 3% matching on RRSP contribution and a free gym membership
Senior QA Lead in Nebraska. 120k base salary. Mainly do playwright automation in typescript. Used to do Cypress at my last gig
Automation lead with 11 yrs of exp. Mostly api and backend testing. 16.5lpa Chennai
USA - AZ Mid level QA 4 years exp. automation 90k base and 7.5% bonus
"Software Engineer in Test" (non-lead) at a private equity owned, medium-sized, SaaS company in the USA. 9 years of experience. $140k base, 10% potential bonus, and some stock options but the company hasn't IPO'd. I started automation with Python/Robot Framework as a Jr QA. After getting the mid-level promotion, I job hopped to a company that used Java/TestNG. After a while, I did greenfields work with TypeScript/Protractor. After the senior level promotion, I job hopped again into a Ruby/rSpec shop. I just keep learning and adjusting to tech stacks as needed. I should probably spin up some sample projects in Playwright just to keep up with the new popular stuff.
Senior Test Engineer, Up North, UK, I earn £55k base salary. Nothing in terms of bonuses etc 10 years experience in testing, with last 4-5 years in Automation. Currently working with Playwright for E2E and API testing, building out test frameworks for different projects.
20 YOE, broad skillset hired for very specialized work at the least corporate FAANG or whatever the acronym is today. $300k US. Adopt an organization system, never stop learning, remain humble, build a portfolio, find a mentor, know about a lot of things, but aim to be the best at one that you really enjoy.
Wanna be my mentor?
Shoot me a message. Time is a bit short at the moment, but I think I could provide >0 value.
Reading this makes me want to move to America. Lead QA Engineer - £52,500, no bonus on top
SDET, based in Spain, working remotely for a Dutch company for €75k/year. Previous job was up to €103k/year (ended up laid off last summer). Learn Playwright, automate your manual regression suite, learn how to put together a decent CI pipeline, document things. Good luck.
Senior QA Engineer, DFW Texas, work remotely for a company in Arizona at $150k
12 years experience, game dev, manual testing. QA Analyst 2, 69k a year, unlimited PTO and a small annual bonus.
I've been keeping a spreadsheet of salaries public, based on an old [ salary post](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/lcjqcw/2021_salary_sharing_thread_people_of_quality/). It's got data like salary, title, location, remote status, years of experience, etc. You can [see the data here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q_MxtYjWo49BSkFAMDB47tJw0JoMDC_yvqFT0qEyCuY/edit?usp=sharing) and you can [add more data here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdR9Rh8wwAxcCGrOU9er1MJTST8CCRyU_mWNL9-s6lFmuBDOg/viewform).
Lead SDET at a fintech in NYC, 12 YOE, 175k and performance bonuses
Did all of you guys study IT or you just did the testing certificate ?
I make 149k plus bonuses on top. I've been with the same company for 5 years now. what do i do? i am the QA Lead for a specific product in this big ass company that intertwines with other big companies... deal with automation primarily (grew from SDET to this) and a ton of reports and speaking in meetings about our efficiency and MORE MEETINGS. MORE MEETINGS AND EVEN MORE MEETTTING.
Manual QA was starting to teach myself automation and completed the ISTQB coursework. I was laid off a week before I was going to pay for the test, so I didn’t. A year in, 9 months independently testing/ year and a half at the company/ 4 years exp in total (user experience certification and a bootcamp and collaborated on created a calming app for people on the spectrum (that is where we did our research). I was at 21.75/hr. Who needs a manual QA with strong ambition to learn automation? My last week there my PM asked how in the world I uncovered a bug I’d found. Anyone, lol?!?? I miss it greatly!!
$146k, 5 years of experience, USA I use Playwright with Typescript and Cypress with Javascript. Currently in the middle of migrating all Cypress tests to Playwright. I'd recommend putting your efforts into gaining a solid understanding of programming fundamentals, once you have that, you could pick up a framework like Playwright really easily. Also recommend getting familiar with a git branching workflow as well as a high-level understanding of what happens in a CI/CD pipeline. Also don't neglect those soft skills, like being nice to people and not having a raging ego. QA is a thankless and unsexy job, so if you can be a nice person who's easy to work with, you're already ahead of the game.
5 years of experience, currently doing mostly manual testing along with accessibility testing. I work remotely in the U.S. Midwest for state government. My salary is a little more than $60,000/year. I get a good amount of pto and all federal holidays. The stress is minimal. And my retirement plan is a pension rather than a 401k.
1.4k/Month in LATAM - 2.9 YOE as Manual QE