Software Testing Engineer Salary in Maine

How much does a Software Testing Engineer make in Maine?

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Testing Engineer in Maine is $51,301 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $25.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $64,842
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $44,495 to $58,389
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $38,298

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Software Testing Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,389	$4,866	$1,123	$28
Average	$51,301	$4,275	$987	$25
25th Percentile	$44,495	$3,708	$856	$21

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Key Factors That Influence Software Testing Engineer Salaries

A Software Testing 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 and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Software Testing Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Testing 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): $45,644
Early Career (1-2 years): $51,774
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $61,780
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $69,446
Expert (over 8 years): $115,215

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Testing Engineer	$45,644
Software ... Level Software Testing Engineer	$51,774
Software ... Level Software Testing Engineer	$61,780
Software ... Level Software Testing Engineer	$69,446
Software ... Level Software Testing Engineer	$115,215

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How Do Software Testing 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 Software Testing Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $58,257.
California: $58,036.
Massachusetts: $57,263.

District of Columbia $58,257 California $58,036 Massachusetts $57,263 Washington $57,053 New Jersey $57,031 Alaska $56,958 Connecticut $56,232 New York $55,937

Hawaii $54,995 Rhode Island $54,553 Maryland $54,253 Minnesota $53,843 Colorado $53,685 Illinois $53,632 Oregon $53,432 Delaware $53,285

New Hampshire $53,193 Virginia $52,985 Pennsylvania $52,380 Nevada $52,075 North Dakota $51,975 Michigan $51,817 Wisconsin $51,759 Vermont $51,643

Texas $51,323 Maine $51,301 Arizona $51,270 Ohio $51,233 Georgia $50,749 Indiana $50,507 Wyoming $50,460 Utah $50,386

Iowa $50,354 Kansas $50,102 Louisiana $50,028 North Carolina $50,002 Missouri $49,991 Florida $49,786 Montana $49,676 Nebraska $49,570

Kentucky $49,513 South Carolina $49,302 Tennessee $49,170 Idaho $49,118 New Mexico $48,734 Oklahoma $48,650 Alabama $48,339 South Dakota $47,818

Arkansas $47,534 West Virginia $47,382 Mississippi $46,924

Top Paying Cities for Software Testing 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:

Freedom: $49,876
Harmony: $49,876
Hartland: $49,876

Freedom, ME $49,876 Harmony, ME $49,876 Hartland, ME $49,876 Hinckley, ME $49,876 Jackman, ME $49,876 Kingfield, ME $49,876 Liberty, ME $49,876 Madison, ME $49,876

Monroe, ME $50,086 Morrill, ME $49,876 Newport, ME $49,981 New Portland, ME $49,876 New Sharon, ME $49,876 New Vineyard, ME $49,876 Norridgewock, ME $49,876 North Anson, ME $49,876

North Vassalboro, ME $49,876 Oakland, ME $49,876 Oquossoc, ME $51,154 Palmyra, ME $49,876 Phillips, ME $51,154 Pittsfield, ME $49,876 Plymouth, ME $50,018 Rangeley, ME $51,154

Portland, ME $52,964 Falmouth, ME $52,964 South Portland, ME $52,964 Cape Elizabeth, ME $52,964 Peaks Island, ME $52,964 Cumberland Foreside, ME $52,964 Auburn, ME $52,438 Andover, ME $52,438

Bethel, ME $52,438 Bryant Pond, ME $52,438 Buckfield, ME $52,438 Canton, ME $52,438 Durham, ME $52,648 Danville, ME $52,438 Dixfield, ME $52,438 Dryden, ME $52,438

East Andover, ME $52,438 East Dixfield, ME $52,438 East Livermore, ME $52,438 East Poland, ME $52,438 Stoneham, ME $52,438 East Wilton, ME $51,154 Greene, ME $52,438 Hanover, ME $52,438

Hebron, ME $52,438 Jay, ME $52,438 Lewiston, ME $52,438 Lisbon, ME $52,438 Lisbon Falls, ME $52,438 Livermore, ME $52,438 Livermore Falls, ME $52,438 Greenwood, ME $52,438

Mechanic Falls, ME $52,438 Mexico, ME $52,438 Minot, ME $52,438 Monmouth, ME $52,438 New Gloucester, ME $52,580 Newry, ME $52,438 North Jay, ME $52,438 Leeds, ME $52,438

North Monmouth, ME $52,438 North Turner, ME $52,438 North Waterford, ME $52,438 Norway, ME $52,438 Oxford, ME $52,438 Paris, ME $52,438 Poland, ME $52,438 Roxbury, ME $52,438

Rumford, ME $52,438 Sabattus, ME $52,438 South Paris, ME $52,438 Turner, ME $52,438 Wayne, ME $52,438 Weld, ME $52,438 West Bethel, ME $52,438 Bowdoin, ME $52,438

West Minot, ME $52,438 West Paris, ME $52,438 Peru, ME $52,438 West Poland, ME $52,438 Sumner, ME $52,438 Wilton, ME $52,438 Augusta, ME $51,154 Coopers Mills, ME $51,154

Dresden, ME $52,438 East Winthrop, ME $52,438 Farmingdale, ME $52,438 Gardiner, ME $52,438 Randolph, ME $52,438 Hallowell, ME $52,438 Jefferson, ME $51,154 Kents Hill, ME $52,438

Litchfield, ME $52,438 Manchester, ME $52,438 Mount Vernon, ME $51,154 Whitefield, ME $52,438 Palermo, ME $49,876 Sebasco Estates, ME $52,543 Readfield, ME $52,438 Saint Albans, ME $49,876

South Bristol, ME $52,438 Squirrel Island, ME $52,438 Trevett, ME $52,438 Waldoboro, ME $52,438 Walpole, ME $52,438 Washington, ME $49,876 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $52,438 Southport, ME $52,438

Wiscasset, ME $52,438 Woolwich, ME $52,438 Ellsworth, ME $49,912 Addison, ME $49,876 Gouldsboro, ME $49,876 Bar Harbor, ME $49,876 Beals, ME $49,876 Bernard, ME $49,876

Birch Harbor, ME $49,876 Blue Hill, ME $49,876 Brooklin, ME $49,876 Brooksville, ME $49,876 Calais, ME $49,876 Cherryfield, ME $49,876 Columbia Falls, ME $49,876 Corea, ME $49,876

Cranberry Isles, ME $49,876 Cutler, ME $49,876 Deer Isle, ME $49,876 Dennysville, ME $49,876 East Blue Hill, ME $49,876 East Machias, ME $49,876 Eastport, ME $49,876 Franklin, ME $49,876

Frenchboro, ME $49,876 Grand Lake Stream, ME $49,876 Hancock, ME $49,876 Harborside, ME $49,876 Harrington, ME $49,876 Hulls Cove, ME $49,876 Isle Au Haut, ME $49,876 Islesford, ME $49,876

Jonesboro, ME $49,876 Jonesport, ME $49,876 Little Deer Isle, ME $49,876 Lubec, ME $49,876 Bass Harbor, ME $49,876 Machias, ME $49,876 Machiasport, ME $49,876 Meddybemps, ME $49,876

Milbridge, ME $49,876 Mount Desert, ME $49,876 Northeast Harbor, ME $49,876 Sullivan, ME $49,876 Pembroke, ME $49,876 Perry, ME $49,876 Princeton, ME $49,876 Prospect Harbor, ME $49,876

Robbinston, ME $49,876 Salsbury Cove, ME $49,876 Sargentville, ME $49,876 Seal Cove, ME $49,876 Seal Harbor, ME $49,876 Sedgwick, ME $49,876 Sorrento, ME $49,876 Southwest Harbor, ME $49,876

Steuben, ME $49,876 Stonington, ME $49,876 Sunset, ME $49,876 Surry, ME $49,876 Swans Island, ME $49,876 Wesley, ME $49,876 Whiting, ME $49,876 Winter Harbor, ME $49,876

Baileyville, ME $49,876 Houlton, ME $49,876 Ashland, ME $49,876 Benedicta, ME $49,876 Blaine, ME $49,876 Bridgewater, ME $49,876 Caribou, ME $49,876 Clayton Lake, ME $49,876

Crouseville, ME $49,876 Eagle Lake, ME $49,876 Easton, ME $49,876 Estcourt Station, ME $49,876 Fort Fairfield, ME $49,876 Fort Kent, ME $49,876 Fort Kent Mills, ME $49,876 Frenchville, ME $49,876

Grand Isle, ME $49,876 Island Falls, ME $49,876 Limestone, ME $49,876 Madawaska, ME $49,876 Mapleton, ME $49,876 Richmond, ME $52,438 South China, ME $49,876 South Gardiner, ME $52,438

Vienna, ME $51,154 Windsor, ME $51,154 Winthrop, ME $52,438 Bangor, ME $50,402 Abbot, ME $49,876 Aurora, ME $49,912 Bradford, ME $50,191 Bradley, ME $50,402

Brewer, ME $50,402 Brookton, ME $49,876 Brownville, ME $49,876 Brownville Junction, ME $49,876 Bucksport, ME $50,154 Burlington, ME $49,876 Greenbush, ME $50,086 Carmel, ME $50,296

Castine, ME $49,876 Charleston, ME $50,049 Danforth, ME $49,876 Dover Foxcroft, ME $49,876 Corinth, ME $50,296 Eddington, ME $50,402 Holden, ME $50,402 East Millinocket, ME $49,876

East Orland, ME $50,049 Etna, ME $50,228 Exeter, ME $50,123 Frankfort, ME $50,123 Greenville, ME $49,876 Greenville Junction, ME $49,876 Guilford, ME $49,876 Hampden, ME $50,402

Howland, ME $49,876 Hudson, ME $50,365 Kenduskeag, ME $50,402 Kingman, ME $49,876 Lagrange, ME $49,981 Lambert Lake, ME $49,876 Lee, ME $49,876 Levant, ME $50,402

Lincoln, ME $49,876 Mattawamkeag, ME $49,876 Medway, ME $49,876 Milford, ME $50,402 Millinocket, ME $49,876 Milo, ME $49,876 Monson, ME $49,876 Olamon, ME $50,018

Old Town, ME $50,402 Orono, ME $50,402 Orient, ME $49,876 Orland, ME $50,049 Orrington, ME $50,402 Passadumkeag, ME $49,876 Penobscot, ME $49,876 Rockwood, ME $49,876

Sangerville, ME $49,876 Sebec, ME $49,876 Shirley Mills, ME $49,876 Springfield, ME $49,876 Stetson, ME $50,154 Stillwater, ME $50,333 Topsfield, ME $49,876 Vanceboro, ME $49,876

Waite, ME $49,876 West Enfield, ME $49,876 Winn, ME $49,876 Winterport, ME $50,260 Wytopitlock, ME $49,876 Bath, ME $52,438 Alna, ME $52,438 Boothbay, ME $52,438

Boothbay Harbor, ME $52,438 Bristol, ME $52,438 Chamberlain, ME $52,438 Damariscotta, ME $52,438 East Boothbay, ME $52,438 Friendship, ME $52,438 Georgetown, ME $52,438 Isle Of Springs, ME $52,438

Bremen, ME $52,438 Newcastle, ME $52,438 New Harbor, ME $52,438 Nobleboro, ME $52,438 Edgecomb, ME $52,438 Pemaquid, ME $52,438 Phippsburg, ME $52,438 Cushing, ME $52,438

Round Pond, ME $52,438 Sandy Point, ME $49,944 Searsmont, ME $49,876 Searsport, ME $49,876 Shawmut, ME $49,876 Skowhegan, ME $49,876 Smithfield, ME $49,876 Solon, ME $49,876

Stockton Springs, ME $49,876 Stratton, ME $49,876 Strong, ME $49,876 Temple, ME $51,154 West Forks, ME $49,876 Thorndike, ME $49,876 Troy, ME $49,876 Unity, ME $49,876

Vassalboro, ME $49,876 West Farmington, ME $51,154 Berwick, ME $55,300 Cape Neddick, ME $55,374 Eliot, ME $55,421 Kittery, ME $55,421 Kittery Point, ME $55,421 North Berwick, ME $55,248

Ogunquit, ME $55,274 South Berwick, ME $55,374 York, ME $55,421 York Beach, ME $55,421 York Harbor, ME $55,421 Acton, ME $53,127 Alfred, ME $53,364 Bailey Island, ME $52,822

Bar Mills, ME $52,822 Biddeford, ME $52,717 Biddeford Pool, ME $52,754 Bowdoinham, ME $52,438 Bridgton, ME $52,438 Brownfield, ME $52,438 Brunswick, ME $52,506 Bustins Island, ME $52,859

Cape Porpoise, ME $53,648 Casco, ME $52,438 Center Lovell, ME $52,438 Chebeague Island, ME $52,964 Cliff Island, ME $52,964 Cornish, ME $52,438 Cumberland Center, ME $52,964 Denmark, ME $52,438

East Baldwin, ME $52,438 Lebanon, ME $53,459 East Parsonsfield, ME $52,659 Sebago, ME $52,438 East Waterboro, ME $53,211 Freeport, ME $52,791 Fryeburg, ME $52,438 Gorham, ME $52,964

Gray, ME $52,754 Harrison, ME $52,438 Hiram, ME $52,438 Hollis Center, ME $52,685 Kennebunk, ME $53,738 Kennebunkport, ME $53,711 Parsonsfield, ME $52,659 Limerick, ME $52,906

Limington, ME $52,764 Long Island, ME $52,964 Lovell, ME $52,438 Moody, ME $55,200 Naples, ME $52,438 Newfield, ME $52,990 North Bridgton, ME $52,438 North Waterboro, ME $53,101

Windham, ME $52,927 Ocean Park, ME $52,896 Old Orchard Beach, ME $52,927 Orrs Island, ME $52,717 Porter, ME $52,328 Pownal, ME $52,754 Scarborough, ME $52,964 Raymond, ME $52,612

Saco, ME $52,859 Sanford, ME $53,396 Sebago Lake, ME $52,506 Shapleigh, ME $53,148 South Casco, ME $52,648 South Freeport, ME $52,754 Harpswell, ME $52,717 South Windham, ME $52,964

Springvale, ME $53,338 Standish, ME $52,791 Steep Falls, ME $52,612 Topsham, ME $52,438 Waterboro, ME $53,285 Waterford, ME $52,438 Wells, ME $53,869 West Baldwin, ME $52,438

Westbrook, ME $52,964 Buxton, ME $52,717 West Kennebunk, ME $53,548 West Newfield, ME $52,869 Yarmouth, ME $52,964 North Yarmouth, ME $52,859 Mars Hill, ME $49,876 Monticello, ME $49,876

New Limerick, ME $49,876 New Sweden, ME $49,876 Oakfield, ME $49,876 Oxbow, ME $49,876 Patten, ME $49,876 Perham, ME $49,876 Portage, ME $49,876 Presque Isle, ME $49,876

Saint Agatha, ME $49,876 Saint David, ME $49,876 Saint Francis, ME $49,876 Sheridan, ME $49,876 Sherman, ME $49,876 Stacyville, ME $49,876 Sinclair, ME $49,876 Smyrna Mills, ME $49,876

Wallagrass, ME $49,876 Stockholm, ME $49,876 Van Buren, ME $49,876 Washburn, ME $49,876 Westfield, ME $49,876 Rockland, ME $49,876 Camden, ME $49,876 Glen Cove, ME $49,876

Hope, ME $49,876 Islesboro, ME $49,876 Lincolnville, ME $49,876 Lincolnville Center, ME $49,876 Matinicus, ME $51,154 Monhegan, ME $52,438 North Haven, ME $49,876 Owls Head, ME $49,876

Port Clyde, ME $52,438 Rockport, ME $49,876 South Thomaston, ME $49,876 Spruce Head, ME $51,154 Tenants Harbor, ME $52,438 Thomaston, ME $51,154 Union, ME $49,876 Vinalhaven, ME $49,876

Warren, ME $51,154 West Rockport, ME $49,876 Waterville, ME $49,876 Albion, ME $49,876 Anson, ME $49,876 Athens, ME $49,876 Belfast, ME $49,876 Belgrade, ME $51,154

Belgrade Lakes, ME $49,876 Bingham, ME $49,876 Brooks, ME $49,876 Burnham, ME $49,876 Cambridge, ME $49,876 Canaan, ME $49,876 Caratunk, ME $49,876 China Village, ME $49,876

Clinton, ME $49,876 Corinna, ME $49,944 Detroit, ME $49,912 Dexter, ME $49,876 Dixmont, ME $50,018 East Newport, ME $50,049 East Vassalboro, ME $49,876 Eustis, ME $49,876

Fairfield, ME $49,876 Farmington, ME $51,154 Garland, ME $50,018 Farmington Falls, ME $51,154

Software Testing Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Testing 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 March 01, 2026

$44,495

Average $51,301/year

$58,389

$3,708

Average $4,275/month

$4,866

$856

Average $987/week

$1,123

$21

Average $25/hour

$28

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,389	$4,866	$1,123	$28
Average	$51,301	$4,275	$987	$25
25th Percentile	$44,495	$3,708	$856	$21

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