What are the main factors that influence a Platform QA Engineer's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change A Platform QA Engineer's salary?

A Platform QA Engineer's salary grows with experience: a Platform QA Engineer (0-2 years)earns $76,975, a Quality Assurance Engineer II (2-4 years)earns $90,595, a Quality Assurance Engineer III (4-7 years)earns $102,467, a Quality Assurance Engineer IV (7+ years)earns $127,417, a Quality Assurance Engineer V (7-10 years)earns $152,888,

What are the highest paying states for a Platform QA Engineer?

Platform QA Engineer salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Platform QA Engineer roles are District of Columbia $85,694, California $85,369, Massachusetts $84,231. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Platform QA Engineer roles make?

Salaries for Platform QA Engineer level roles vary by specialization: Lead Platform Software Engineer: $173,048; Platform Security Engineer: $149,379; Platform Engineer: $131,607; QA Engineer IV: $128,823; Senior Platform Engineer: $126,973.

How do different companies affect a Platform QA Engineer's salary?

Company size, industry, and compensation structure create significant salary variations for Platform QA Engineer roles. Large, established industry leaders like C R Bard Inc ($128,509) and Henry Schein Canada ($124,697) offer base salaries 35-40% above the national average. In contrast, smaller firms or startups may offer closer to $82,041.

Platform QA Engineer Salary in the United States

How much does a Platform QA Engineer make in the United States?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Platform QA Engineer in the United States is $77,397 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $37.

However, a Platform QA Engineer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $88,354
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $70,887 to $83,132
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $64,960

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Platform QA Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$83,132	$6,928	$1,599	$40
Average	$77,397	$6,450	$1,488	$37
25th Percentile	$70,887	$5,907	$1,363	$34

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Key Factors That Influence Platform QA Engineer Salaries

A Platform QA Engineer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Platform QA Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Platform QA Engineer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $76,975
Early Career (1-2 years): $90,595
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $102,467
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $127,417
Expert (over 8 years): $152,888

Levels	Salary
Platform ... Level Platform QA Engineer	$76,975
Quality A... Level Platform QA Engineer	$90,595
Quality A... Level Platform QA Engineer	$102,467
Quality A... Level Platform QA Engineer	$127,417
Quality A... Level Platform QA Engineer	$152,888

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How Do Platform QA Engineer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Platform QA Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $85,694.
California: $85,369.
Massachusetts: $84,231.

District of Columbia $85,694

California $85,369

Massachusetts $84,231

Washington $83,922

New Jersey $83,891

Alaska $83,782

Connecticut $82,714

New York $82,281

Hawaii $80,895

Rhode Island $80,245

Maryland $79,804

Minnesota $79,200

Colorado $78,968

Illinois $78,891

Oregon $78,597

Delaware $78,380

New Hampshire $78,244

Virginia $77,939

Pennsylvania $77,049

Nevada $76,600

North Dakota $76,453

Michigan $76,221

Wisconsin $76,135

Vermont $75,965

Texas $75,493

Maine $75,462

Arizona $75,416

Ohio $75,361

Georgia $74,649

Indiana $74,293

Wyoming $74,224

Utah $74,115

Iowa $74,069

Kansas $73,697

Louisiana $73,589

North Carolina $73,550

Missouri $73,535

Florida $73,233

Montana $73,071

Nebraska $72,916

Kentucky $72,831

South Carolina $72,521

Tennessee $72,327

Idaho $72,250

New Mexico $71,685

Oklahoma $71,561

Alabama $71,105

South Dakota $70,338

Arkansas $69,920

West Virginia $69,696

Mississippi $69,023

Top Paying Cities for Platform QA Engineers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

San Jose: $97,621
San Francisco: $96,552
Oakland: $94,517

San Jose, CA $97,621

San Francisco, CA $96,552

Oakland, CA $94,517

New York, NY $89,114

Paramus, NJ $88,031

Queens Village, NY $88,027

Passaic, NJ $87,953

Bergenfield, NJ $87,946

Stamford, CT $87,776

Huntington, NY $87,744

Newark, NJ $87,172

Bridgeport, CT $87,009

Vallejo, CA $86,855

New Brunswick, NJ $86,824

Petaluma, CA $86,778

Middlesex, NJ $86,630

Somerset, NJ $86,576

Santa Cruz, CA $86,476

Boston, MA $86,004

Monterey, CA $85,732

Seattle, WA $85,555

Santa Rosa, CA $85,539

Los Angeles, CA $85,516

Juneau, AK $85,315

Washington, DC $85,230

Orange, CA $84,954

Santa Ana, CA $84,750

Long Beach, CA $84,672

Anaheim, CA $84,657

Anchorage, AK $84,618

Santa Maria, CA $84,386

Everett, WA $84,370

Danbury, CT $84,098

Bremerton, WA $83,991

Tacoma, WA $83,713

New Suffolk, NY $83,711

Sacramento, CA $83,689

Santa Barbara, CA $83,604

Trenton, NJ $83,519

San Diego, CA $83,519

Brockton, MA $83,434

Fairbanks, AK $83,244

Lompoc, CA $83,047

Lowell, MA $82,984

Ventura, CA $82,970

Nashua, NH $82,954

Stockton, CA $82,946

Modesto, CA $82,381

Poughkeepsie, NY $82,211

Olympia, WA $82,064

Kennewick, WA $82,064

New Haven, CT $82,033

Lawrence, MA $81,754

Hartford, CT $81,677

Riverside, CA $81,662

New Bedford, MA $81,584

Richland, WA $81,584

Bakersfield, CA $81,476

San Bernardino, CA $81,445

New Britain, CT $81,437

Atlantic City, NJ $81,437

New London, CT $81,406

Norwich, CT $81,383

Portsmouth, NH $81,367

Boulder, CO $81,203

Portland, OR $81,097

Worcester, MA $81,089

Minneapolis, MN $80,849

Philadelphia, PA $80,741

Honolulu, HI $80,485

Saint Paul, MN $80,448

Vineland, NJ $80,431

Providence, RI $80,207

Chicago, IL $79,982

Bellingham, WA $79,889

Springfield, MA $79,827

Baltimore, MD $79,804

Chico, CA $79,611

Pittsfield, MA $79,402

Manchester, NH $79,255

Spokane, WA $78,914

Denver, CO $78,906

Albany, NY $78,542

Troy, NY $78,512

Nassau, NY $78,429

Schenectady, NY $78,349

Wilmington, DE $78,287

Burlington, VT $78,179

Salem, OR $78,148

Portland, ME $77,908

Yakima, WA $77,830

Rochester, MN $77,590

Reno, NV $77,552

Fresno, CA $77,552

Milwaukee, WI $77,482

Detroit, MI $77,405

Ann Arbor, MI $77,392

Allentown, PA $77,382

Colorado Springs, CO $77,250

Syracuse, NY $77,211

Carson City, NV $77,211

Houston, TX $77,103

Eugene, OR $77,064

Gary, IN $76,971

Springfield, OR $76,909

Bismarck, ND $76,894

Galveston, TX $76,840

Medford, OR $76,724

Fort Collins, CO $76,693

Concord, NH $76,654

Austin, TX $76,631

Mesa, AZ $76,468

Reading, PA $76,460

Phoenix, AZ $76,453

Dallas, TX $76,430

Saint Cloud, MN $76,355

Madison, WI $76,252

Utica, NY $76,043

Rochester, NY $75,919

Des Moines, IA $75,911

Raleigh, NC $75,903

Atlanta, GA $75,787

Battle Creek, MI $75,764

Salt Lake City, UT $75,741

Lancaster, PA $75,625

Harrisburg, PA $75,516

Kansas City, MO $75,439

Champaign, IL $75,423

Kansas City, KS $75,423

Fort Worth, TX $75,416

Columbus, OH $75,402

Boca Raton, FL $75,385

Pittsburgh, PA $75,354

Richmond, VA $75,323

Indianapolis, IN $75,307

Cleveland, OH $75,300

Las Vegas, NV $75,207

Cincinnati, OH $75,207

Petersburg, VA $75,091

Huntsville, AL $74,974

Lansing, MI $74,923

Lebanon, PA $74,913

Pueblo, CO $74,905

Appleton, WI $74,882

Buffalo, NY $74,851

Dayton, OH $74,827

Racine, WI $74,812

Charlotte, NC $74,804

Saint Louis, MO $74,781

York, PA $74,735

Elkhart, IN $74,735

Gastonia, NC $74,720

Billings, MT $74,701

Beaumont, TX $74,680

Lorain, OH $74,665

Benton Harbor, MI $74,649

Toledo, OH $74,634

Binghamton, NY $74,595

Rock Hill, SC $74,587

Rockford, IL $74,549

Springfield, IL $74,518

Elyria, OH $74,510

Fargo, ND $74,510

Flagstaff, AZ $74,456

Fort Lauderdale, FL $74,409

Duluth, MN $74,363

Miami, FL $74,363

Cheyenne, WY $74,309

Grand Forks, ND $74,309

Bangor, ME $74,139

Cedar Rapids, IA $74,053

Durham, NC $74,021

Louisville, KY $74,015

Grand Rapids, MI $73,999

Hialeah, FL $73,992

Casper, WY $73,883

Scranton, PA $73,790

New Orleans, LA $73,767

Virginia Beach, VA $73,759

Akron, OH $73,721

Peoria, IL $73,620

Sarasota, FL $73,605

Nashville, TN $73,550

Omaha, NE $73,550

Green Bay, WI $73,550

Baton Rouge, LA $73,512

Charleston, SC $73,496

Jamestown, NY $73,457

Davenport, IA $73,457

Tucson, AZ $73,419

Saint Petersburg, FL $73,372

Tampa, FL $73,357

Evansville, IN $73,310

Port Arthur, TX $73,310

Bradenton, FL $73,279

Santa Fe, NM $73,140

Orlando, FL $73,001

Clearwater, FL $72,978

Canton, OH $72,815

La Crosse, WI $72,815

Albuquerque, NM $72,769

Newport News, VA $72,761

High Point, NC $72,738

Ogden, UT $72,707

Corpus Christi, TX $72,645

Norfolk, VA $72,598

Laramie, WY $72,598

Rock Island, IL $72,552

Saginaw, MI $72,536

Jacksonville, FL $72,529

Salisbury, NC $72,513

Boise, ID $72,498

Moline, IL $72,459

Fort Myers, FL $72,436

Memphis, TN $72,420

Tulsa, OK $72,382

Waterloo, IA $72,335

Spartanburg, SC $72,258

Lincoln, NE $72,219

Fort Wayne, IN $72,204

Provo, UT $72,196

Cedar Falls, IA $72,103

San Antonio, TX $72,072

Greensboro, NC $72,041

South Bend, IN $72,033

Savannah, GA $71,948

Muskegon, MI $71,917

Birmingham, AL $71,910

Winston Salem, NC $71,872

Lake Charles, LA $71,685

Anderson, IN $71,670

Lexington, KY $71,646

Augusta, GA $71,623

Greenville, SC $71,623

Lima, OH $71,561

Wichita, KS $71,554

Tuscaloosa, AL $71,554

Columbia, SC $71,484

Springfield, OH $71,468

Asheville, NC $71,345

Bloomington, IN $71,290

Knoxville, TN $71,012

Shreveport, LA $71,004

Wilmington, NC $70,903

Roanoke, VA $70,903

Topeka, KS $70,764

Frankfort, KY $70,756

Oklahoma City, OK $70,702

Chillicothe, OH $70,671

Longview, TX $70,663

Melbourne, FL $70,656

Sioux Falls, SD $70,532

Mobile, AL $70,524

Terre Haute, IN $70,493

Altoona, PA $70,447

Amarillo, TX $70,393

Killeen, TX $70,369

Fayetteville, AR $70,307

Chattanooga, TN $70,284

Sioux City, IA $70,215

Idaho Falls, ID $70,199

Lynchburg, VA $70,137

Gainesville, FL $70,037

Portsmouth, OH $69,998

Little Rock, AR $69,982

Lafayette, LA $69,951

Youngstown, OH $69,951

Daytona Beach, FL $69,905

Clarksville, TN $69,897

Pensacola, FL $69,889

Temple, TX $69,884

Hopkinsville, KY $69,657

Erie, PA $69,642

Florence, SC $69,611

Charleston, WV $69,487

Great Falls, MT $69,448

Macon, GA $69,340

Tallahassee, FL $69,332

Fayetteville, NC $69,317

Waco, TX $69,301

Helena, MT $69,247

Pine Bluff, AR $69,218

Vincennes, IN $69,123

Lubbock, TX $69,092

Alamogordo, NM $69,046

Twin Falls, ID $68,976

Rapid City, SD $68,953

Jackson, MS $68,814

Huntington, WV $68,808

Greenville, MS $68,806

Parkersburg, WV $68,727

Montgomery, AL $68,713

Wichita Falls, TX $68,636

Springfield, MO $68,636

Biloxi, MS $68,597

Monroe, LA $68,520

Johnstown, PA $68,465

Sumter, SC $68,434

Columbus, GA $68,427

Pascagoula, MS $68,280

Abilene, TX $68,280

Kingsport, TN $68,078

Albany, GA $68,078

Gulfport, MS $68,055

Alexandria, LA $67,800

Fort Smith, AR $67,606

El Paso, TX $67,397

Las Cruces, NM $67,049

Harlingen, TX $66,852

Pocatello, ID $66,840

Florence, AL $66,739

Brownsville, TX $66,724

Mcallen, TX $66,561

Dothan, AL $66,453

Columbus, MS $65,993

Altus, OK $65,633

Lawton, OK $65,486

Pierre, SD $65,207

What Skills Can Increase a Platform QA Engineer's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

Analysis (Mentioned in 4.09% Job Postings): Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
Software Development (Mentioned in 2.91% Job Postings): Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development is a process of writing and maintaining the source code, but in a broader sense, it includes all that is involved between the conception of the desired software through to the final manifestation of the software, sometimes in a planned and structured process. Therefore, software development may include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities that result in software products. Software can be developed for a variety of purposes, the three most common being to meet specific needs of a specific client/business (the case with custom software), to meet a perceived need of some set of potential users (the case with commercial and open source software), or for personal use (e.g. a scientist may write software to automate a mundane task). Embedded software development, that is, the development of embedded software, such as used for controlling consumer products, requires the development process to be integrated with the development of the controlled physical product. System software underlies applications and the programming process itself, and is often developed separately.
Scrum (Mentioned in 2.02% Job Postings): Using an agile process for managing the lifecycle development of software products.

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Skills	Demand Percentage
Analysis	4.09%
Software Development	2.91%
Scrum	2.02%

What skills can make your compensation higher?

Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Platform QA Engineer's salary.

Scrum: Can increase your salary by up to 31%.
Software Testing: Can increase your salary by up to 22%.
Jenkins: Can increase your salary by up to 18%.

Skill	Salary	Salary % Increase
Scrum	$101,390	31%
Software Testing	$94,424	22%
Jenkins	$91,328	18%
Agile	$88,233	14%
Linux	$87,459	13%
QA Automation	$86,685	12%

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How Education impacts a Platform QA Engineer's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Platform QA Engineers enter the field with a Bachelor's Degree degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for a Platform QA Engineer with a Bachelor's Degree is between $71,485 and $75,711).

Platform QA Engineer Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Platform QA Engineer

No Diploma 0.3%

High School 8.8%

Associates 8.8%

Bachelors 59.6%

Masters 21.7%

Doctorate 0.8%

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Degree Level	% of user with this level of education
No Diploma	0.3%
High School	8.8%
Associates	8.8%
Bachelors	59.6%
Masters	21.7%
Doctorate	0.8%

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Platform QA Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Platform QA Engineer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$70,887

Average $77,397/year

$83,132

$5,907

Average $6,450/month

$6,928

$1,363

Average $1,488/week

$1,599

$34

Average $37/hour

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	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$83,132	$6,928	$1,599	$40
Average	$77,397	$6,450	$1,488	$37
25th Percentile	$70,887	$5,907	$1,363	$34

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Salary Trends for Platform QA Engineer

Salaries for a Platform QA Engineer can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary increased from $67,286 in 2023 to around $67,558 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Platform QA Engineer salary trends, .

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