Functional Tester Salary in Dallas, Texas

How much does a Functional Tester make in Dallas, TX?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Functional Tester in Dallas, TX is $48,338. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $41,329 to $52,176, with most professionals earning between $34,948 and $55,670.

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What does a Functional Tester do?

Common responsibilities of a Functional Tester

Execute test cases to fully exercise desired functionality developed as part of a new release, defect remediation and application enhancements.

May 13, 2023

Seek clarification on requirements from the Test Architect if required Seek clarification on requirement and update the clarification tracker with the same Identify the preliminary test data requirements.

April 07, 2023

Test Planning-Only for select projects (Simple and Small sized where there is need for ~2 team members off-shore to support the assignment) Document the test plan based on the understanding of test strategy (covering project details, items under scope, items not of scope, type of testing, assumptions, dependencies, risks foreseen, entry/exit criteria) for each cycle Seek sign-off on the test plan.

May 19, 2023

Understand the highlevel requirements through review of documents (eg Component Design Document/ Requirements document).

February 02, 2023

Provide inputs to the test lead to create test strategy (that includes release date, types of testing, scope of the project, detail explanation of particular release, RAID Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies etc).

February 07, 2023

Track and Monitor metrics (productivity, effort deviation, schedule deviation etc) to Cognizant 20.

April 16, 2023

Prepare Test summary Report and the same for review/ Review the test results/test reports submitted by the test analyst.

May 10, 2023

Develop execution plans to mimic production usage at a high capacity and gather performance metrics.

August 20, 2022

Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation (status reports, schedules, minutes, technical and production specs, and change orders.

February 26, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Functional Tester in Dallas, TX

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

41329

52176

48338

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

41482

52992

48588

What is the average salary for Functional Tester in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Functional Tester in Dallas, TX. The base salary for Functional Tester ranges from $41,329 to $52,176 with the average base salary of $48,338. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $41,482 to $52,992 with the average total cash compensation of $48,588.

View Average Salary for Functional Tester as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$48,338	$41,329 - $52,176
Bonus	$249	$153 - $816
Total Pay	$48,588	$41,482 - $52,992

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Functional Tester Salary Near Dallas, TX

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX
CITY, STATE Garland, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $41,329 - $52,176	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX 0%
CITY, STATE Grand Prairie, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $41,241 - $52,065	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX
CITY, STATE Irving, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $41,329 - $52,176	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX 0%
CITY, STATE Richardson, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $41,329 - $52,176	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX 0%
CITY, STATE Mesquite, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $41,283 - $52,118	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX
CITY, STATE Carrollton, TX	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $41,308 - $52,150	COMPARE TO Dallas, TX

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About Dallas, Texas

Dallas (/ˈdæləs/), officially the City of Dallas, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Dallas County, with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With an estimated 2017 population of 1,341,075, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. It is also the eighteenth most-populous city in North America as of 2015. Located in North Texas, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks ...

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