Software Quality Assurance Salary in Maine

How much does a Software Quality Assurance make in Maine?

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Quality Assurance in Maine is $68,877 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $33.

However, a Software Quality Assurance's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $77,700
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $63,523 to $73,495
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $58,648

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Software Quality Assurance Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$73,495	$6,125	$1,413	$35
Average	$68,877	$5,740	$1,325	$33
25th Percentile	$63,523	$5,294	$1,222	$31

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Key Factors That Influence Software Quality Assurance Salaries

A Software Quality Assurance'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 and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Software Quality Assurance Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Quality Assurance'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): $69,249
Early Career (1-2 years): $88,889
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $107,770
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $124,445
Expert (over 8 years): $145,472

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$69,249
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$88,889
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$107,770
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$124,445
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$145,472

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How Do Software Quality Assurance 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 Software Quality Assurances. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $78,216.
California: $77,920.
Massachusetts: $76,881.

District of Columbia $78,216 California $77,920 Massachusetts $76,881 Washington $76,599 New Jersey $76,570 Alaska $76,471 Connecticut $75,497 New York $75,101

Hawaii $73,836 Rhode Island $73,243 Maryland $72,840 Minnesota $72,289 Colorado $72,077 Illinois $72,007 Oregon $71,738 Delaware $71,541

New Hampshire $71,416 Virginia $71,138 Pennsylvania $70,326 Nevada $69,916 North Dakota $69,782 Michigan $69,570 Wisconsin $69,492 Vermont $69,336

Texas $68,906 Maine $68,877 Arizona $68,835 Ohio $68,785 Georgia $68,136 Indiana $67,811 Wyoming $67,747 Utah $67,648

Iowa $67,606 Kansas $67,267 Louisiana $67,168 North Carolina $67,132 Missouri $67,118 Florida $66,843 Montana $66,694 Nebraska $66,553

Kentucky $66,475 South Carolina $66,193 Tennessee $66,016 Idaho $65,946 New Mexico $65,430 Oklahoma $65,317 Alabama $64,900 South Dakota $64,201

Arkansas $63,819 West Virginia $63,614 Mississippi $63,000

Top Paying Cities for Software Quality Assurances

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:

Freedom: $66,963
Harmony: $66,963
Hartland: $66,963

Freedom, ME $66,963 Harmony, ME $66,963 Hartland, ME $66,963 Hinckley, ME $66,963 Jackman, ME $66,963 Kingfield, ME $66,963 Liberty, ME $66,963 Madison, ME $66,963

Monroe, ME $67,245 Morrill, ME $66,963 Newport, ME $67,104 New Portland, ME $66,963 New Sharon, ME $66,963 New Vineyard, ME $66,963 Norridgewock, ME $66,963 North Anson, ME $66,963

North Vassalboro, ME $66,963 Oakland, ME $66,963 Oquossoc, ME $68,680 Palmyra, ME $66,963 Phillips, ME $68,680 Pittsfield, ME $66,963 Plymouth, ME $67,154 Rangeley, ME $68,680

Portland, ME $71,110 Falmouth, ME $71,110 South Portland, ME $71,110 Cape Elizabeth, ME $71,110 Peaks Island, ME $71,110 Cumberland Foreside, ME $71,110 Auburn, ME $70,403 Andover, ME $70,403

Bethel, ME $70,403 Bryant Pond, ME $70,403 Buckfield, ME $70,403 Canton, ME $70,403 Durham, ME $70,686 Danville, ME $70,403 Dixfield, ME $70,403 Dryden, ME $70,403

East Andover, ME $70,403 East Dixfield, ME $70,403 East Livermore, ME $70,403 East Poland, ME $70,403 Stoneham, ME $70,403 East Wilton, ME $68,680 Greene, ME $70,403 Hanover, ME $70,403

Hebron, ME $70,403 Jay, ME $70,403 Lewiston, ME $70,403 Lisbon, ME $70,403 Lisbon Falls, ME $70,403 Livermore, ME $70,403 Livermore Falls, ME $70,403 Greenwood, ME $70,403

Mechanic Falls, ME $70,403 Mexico, ME $70,403 Minot, ME $70,403 Monmouth, ME $70,403 New Gloucester, ME $70,594 Newry, ME $70,403 North Jay, ME $70,403 Leeds, ME $70,403

North Monmouth, ME $70,403 North Turner, ME $70,403 North Waterford, ME $70,403 Norway, ME $70,403 Oxford, ME $70,403 Paris, ME $70,403 Poland, ME $70,403 Roxbury, ME $70,403

Rumford, ME $70,403 Sabattus, ME $70,403 South Paris, ME $70,403 Turner, ME $70,403 Wayne, ME $70,403 Weld, ME $70,403 West Bethel, ME $70,403 Bowdoin, ME $70,403

West Minot, ME $70,403 West Paris, ME $70,403 Peru, ME $70,403 West Poland, ME $70,403 Sumner, ME $70,403 Wilton, ME $70,403 Augusta, ME $68,680 Coopers Mills, ME $68,680

Dresden, ME $70,403 East Winthrop, ME $70,403 Farmingdale, ME $70,403 Gardiner, ME $70,403 Randolph, ME $70,403 Hallowell, ME $70,403 Jefferson, ME $68,680 Kents Hill, ME $70,403

Litchfield, ME $70,403 Manchester, ME $70,403 Mount Vernon, ME $68,680 Whitefield, ME $70,403 Palermo, ME $66,963 Sebasco Estates, ME $70,544 Readfield, ME $70,403 Saint Albans, ME $66,963

South Bristol, ME $70,403 Squirrel Island, ME $70,403 Trevett, ME $70,403 Waldoboro, ME $70,403 Walpole, ME $70,403 Washington, ME $66,963 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $70,403 Southport, ME $70,403

Wiscasset, ME $70,403 Woolwich, ME $70,403 Ellsworth, ME $67,012 Addison, ME $66,963 Gouldsboro, ME $66,963 Bar Harbor, ME $66,963 Beals, ME $66,963 Bernard, ME $66,963

Birch Harbor, ME $66,963 Blue Hill, ME $66,963 Brooklin, ME $66,963 Brooksville, ME $66,963 Calais, ME $66,963 Cherryfield, ME $66,963 Columbia Falls, ME $66,963 Corea, ME $66,963

Cranberry Isles, ME $66,963 Cutler, ME $66,963 Deer Isle, ME $66,963 Dennysville, ME $66,963 East Blue Hill, ME $66,963 East Machias, ME $66,963 Eastport, ME $66,963 Franklin, ME $66,963

Frenchboro, ME $66,963 Grand Lake Stream, ME $66,963 Hancock, ME $66,963 Harborside, ME $66,963 Harrington, ME $66,963 Hulls Cove, ME $66,963 Isle Au Haut, ME $66,963 Islesford, ME $66,963

Jonesboro, ME $66,963 Jonesport, ME $66,963 Little Deer Isle, ME $66,963 Lubec, ME $66,963 Bass Harbor, ME $66,963 Machias, ME $66,963 Machiasport, ME $66,963 Meddybemps, ME $66,963

Milbridge, ME $66,963 Mount Desert, ME $66,963 Northeast Harbor, ME $66,963 Sullivan, ME $66,963 Pembroke, ME $66,963 Perry, ME $66,963 Princeton, ME $66,963 Prospect Harbor, ME $66,963

Robbinston, ME $66,963 Salsbury Cove, ME $66,963 Sargentville, ME $66,963 Seal Cove, ME $66,963 Seal Harbor, ME $66,963 Sedgwick, ME $66,963 Sorrento, ME $66,963 Southwest Harbor, ME $66,963

Steuben, ME $66,963 Stonington, ME $66,963 Sunset, ME $66,963 Surry, ME $66,963 Swans Island, ME $66,963 Wesley, ME $66,963 Whiting, ME $66,963 Winter Harbor, ME $66,963

Baileyville, ME $66,963 Houlton, ME $66,963 Ashland, ME $66,963 Benedicta, ME $66,963 Blaine, ME $66,963 Bridgewater, ME $66,963 Caribou, ME $66,963 Clayton Lake, ME $66,963

Crouseville, ME $66,963 Eagle Lake, ME $66,963 Easton, ME $66,963 Estcourt Station, ME $66,963 Fort Fairfield, ME $66,963 Fort Kent, ME $66,963 Fort Kent Mills, ME $66,963 Frenchville, ME $66,963

Grand Isle, ME $66,963 Island Falls, ME $66,963 Limestone, ME $66,963 Madawaska, ME $66,963 Mapleton, ME $66,963 Richmond, ME $70,403 South China, ME $66,963 South Gardiner, ME $70,403

Vienna, ME $68,680 Windsor, ME $68,680 Winthrop, ME $70,403 Bangor, ME $67,669 Abbot, ME $66,963 Aurora, ME $67,012 Bradford, ME $67,387 Bradley, ME $67,669

Brewer, ME $67,669 Brookton, ME $66,963 Brownville, ME $66,963 Brownville Junction, ME $66,963 Bucksport, ME $67,337 Burlington, ME $66,963 Greenbush, ME $67,245 Carmel, ME $67,528

Castine, ME $66,963 Charleston, ME $67,196 Danforth, ME $66,963 Dover Foxcroft, ME $66,963 Corinth, ME $67,528 Eddington, ME $67,669 Holden, ME $67,669 East Millinocket, ME $66,963

East Orland, ME $67,196 Etna, ME $67,436 Exeter, ME $67,295 Frankfort, ME $67,295 Greenville, ME $66,963 Greenville Junction, ME $66,963 Guilford, ME $66,963 Hampden, ME $67,669

Howland, ME $66,963 Hudson, ME $67,620 Kenduskeag, ME $67,669 Kingman, ME $66,963 Lagrange, ME $67,104 Lambert Lake, ME $66,963 Lee, ME $66,963 Levant, ME $67,669

Lincoln, ME $66,963 Mattawamkeag, ME $66,963 Medway, ME $66,963 Milford, ME $67,669 Millinocket, ME $66,963 Milo, ME $66,963 Monson, ME $66,963 Olamon, ME $67,154

Old Town, ME $67,669 Orono, ME $67,669 Orient, ME $66,963 Orland, ME $67,196 Orrington, ME $67,669 Passadumkeag, ME $66,963 Penobscot, ME $66,963 Rockwood, ME $66,963

Sangerville, ME $66,963 Sebec, ME $66,963 Shirley Mills, ME $66,963 Springfield, ME $66,963 Stetson, ME $67,337 Stillwater, ME $67,577 Topsfield, ME $66,963 Vanceboro, ME $66,963

Waite, ME $66,963 West Enfield, ME $66,963 Winn, ME $66,963 Winterport, ME $67,479 Wytopitlock, ME $66,963 Bath, ME $70,403 Alna, ME $70,403 Boothbay, ME $70,403

Boothbay Harbor, ME $70,403 Bristol, ME $70,403 Chamberlain, ME $70,403 Damariscotta, ME $70,403 East Boothbay, ME $70,403 Friendship, ME $70,403 Georgetown, ME $70,403 Isle Of Springs, ME $70,403

Bremen, ME $70,403 Newcastle, ME $70,403 New Harbor, ME $70,403 Nobleboro, ME $70,403 Edgecomb, ME $70,403 Pemaquid, ME $70,403 Phippsburg, ME $70,403 Cushing, ME $70,403

Round Pond, ME $70,403 Sandy Point, ME $67,055 Searsmont, ME $66,963 Searsport, ME $66,963 Shawmut, ME $66,963 Skowhegan, ME $66,963 Smithfield, ME $66,963 Solon, ME $66,963

Stockton Springs, ME $66,963 Stratton, ME $66,963 Strong, ME $66,963 Temple, ME $68,680 West Forks, ME $66,963 Thorndike, ME $66,963 Troy, ME $66,963 Unity, ME $66,963

Vassalboro, ME $66,963 West Farmington, ME $68,680 Berwick, ME $74,246 Cape Neddick, ME $74,345 Eliot, ME $74,409 Kittery, ME $74,409 Kittery Point, ME $74,409 North Berwick, ME $74,176

Ogunquit, ME $74,211 South Berwick, ME $74,345 York, ME $74,409 York Beach, ME $74,409 York Harbor, ME $74,409 Acton, ME $71,329 Alfred, ME $71,647 Bailey Island, ME $70,919

Bar Mills, ME $70,919 Biddeford, ME $70,778 Biddeford Pool, ME $70,827 Bowdoinham, ME $70,403 Bridgton, ME $70,403 Brownfield, ME $70,403 Brunswick, ME $70,495 Bustins Island, ME $70,968

Cape Porpoise, ME $72,028 Casco, ME $70,403 Center Lovell, ME $70,403 Chebeague Island, ME $71,110 Cliff Island, ME $71,110 Cornish, ME $70,403 Cumberland Center, ME $71,110 Denmark, ME $70,403

East Baldwin, ME $70,403 Lebanon, ME $71,774 East Parsonsfield, ME $70,700 Sebago, ME $70,403 East Waterboro, ME $71,442 Freeport, ME $70,877 Fryeburg, ME $70,403 Gorham, ME $71,110

Gray, ME $70,827 Harrison, ME $70,403 Hiram, ME $70,403 Hollis Center, ME $70,735 Kennebunk, ME $72,148 Kennebunkport, ME $72,113 Parsonsfield, ME $70,700 Limerick, ME $71,032

Limington, ME $70,841 Long Island, ME $71,110 Lovell, ME $70,403 Moody, ME $74,112 Naples, ME $70,403 Newfield, ME $71,145 North Bridgton, ME $70,403 North Waterboro, ME $71,293

Windham, ME $71,060 Ocean Park, ME $71,018 Old Orchard Beach, ME $71,060 Orrs Island, ME $70,778 Porter, ME $70,255 Pownal, ME $70,827 Scarborough, ME $71,110 Raymond, ME $70,636

Saco, ME $70,968 Sanford, ME $71,689 Sebago Lake, ME $70,495 Shapleigh, ME $71,357 South Casco, ME $70,686 South Freeport, ME $70,827 Harpswell, ME $70,778 South Windham, ME $71,110

Springvale, ME $71,611 Standish, ME $70,877 Steep Falls, ME $70,636 Topsham, ME $70,403 Waterboro, ME $71,541 Waterford, ME $70,403 Wells, ME $72,325 West Baldwin, ME $70,403

Westbrook, ME $71,110 Buxton, ME $70,778 West Kennebunk, ME $71,894 West Newfield, ME $70,982 Yarmouth, ME $71,110 North Yarmouth, ME $70,968 Mars Hill, ME $66,963 Monticello, ME $66,963

New Limerick, ME $66,963 New Sweden, ME $66,963 Oakfield, ME $66,963 Oxbow, ME $66,963 Patten, ME $66,963 Perham, ME $66,963 Portage, ME $66,963 Presque Isle, ME $66,963

Saint Agatha, ME $66,963 Saint David, ME $66,963 Saint Francis, ME $66,963 Sheridan, ME $66,963 Sherman, ME $66,963 Stacyville, ME $66,963 Sinclair, ME $66,963 Smyrna Mills, ME $66,963

Wallagrass, ME $66,963 Stockholm, ME $66,963 Van Buren, ME $66,963 Washburn, ME $66,963 Westfield, ME $66,963 Rockland, ME $66,963 Camden, ME $66,963 Glen Cove, ME $66,963

Hope, ME $66,963 Islesboro, ME $66,963 Lincolnville, ME $66,963 Lincolnville Center, ME $66,963 Matinicus, ME $68,680 Monhegan, ME $70,403 North Haven, ME $66,963 Owls Head, ME $66,963

Port Clyde, ME $70,403 Rockport, ME $66,963 South Thomaston, ME $66,963 Spruce Head, ME $68,680 Tenants Harbor, ME $70,403 Thomaston, ME $68,680 Union, ME $66,963 Vinalhaven, ME $66,963

Warren, ME $68,680 West Rockport, ME $66,963 Waterville, ME $66,963 Albion, ME $66,963 Anson, ME $66,963 Athens, ME $66,963 Belfast, ME $66,963 Belgrade, ME $68,680

Belgrade Lakes, ME $66,963 Bingham, ME $66,963 Brooks, ME $66,963 Burnham, ME $66,963 Cambridge, ME $66,963 Canaan, ME $66,963 Caratunk, ME $66,963 China Village, ME $66,963

Clinton, ME $66,963 Corinna, ME $67,055 Detroit, ME $67,012 Dexter, ME $66,963 Dixmont, ME $67,154 East Newport, ME $67,196 East Vassalboro, ME $66,963 Eustis, ME $66,963

Fairfield, ME $66,963 Farmington, ME $68,680 Garland, ME $67,154 Farmington Falls, ME $68,680

Software Quality Assurance Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Quality Assurance'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 March 01, 2026

$63,523

Average $68,877/year

$73,495

$5,294

Average $5,740/month

$6,125

$1,222

Average $1,325/week

$1,413

$31

Average $33/hour

$35

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$73,495	$6,125	$1,413	$35
Average	$68,877	$5,740	$1,325	$33
25th Percentile	$63,523	$5,294	$1,222	$31

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