QA Test Lead Salary in San Diego, CA

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How much does a QA Test Lead make in San Diego, CA? The average QA Test Lead salary in San Diego, CA is $77,491 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $68,505 and $90,428. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Microsoft 365 Quality Assurance Lead

Converged Security Solutions - San Francisco , CA

Lead and manage the quality assurance efforts for Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Azure projects ... Develop and execute test cases for full applications, small customizations, or out-of-the-box ...

ZipRecruiter - 5 days ago

Quality Assurance Lead

Oberto Snacks Inc - Kent , WA

Quality Assurance Lead - 1st Shift Type: Onsite Location: Kent, WA If you're looking for a dynamic ... Compiles and analyzes test information and QA metrics to determine operating efficiency of process ...

ZipRecruiter - 2 days ago

QA Lead

POM Wonderful - Del Rey , CA

Compensation: :$19.00 Job Description Assist in supervision of all quality assurance functions ... Record information or test data. * Conduct routine and non-routine analyses of in-process materials ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Manager of Software Quality Assurance / Test Engineering

LegalConnect - Chino Hills , CA

... Lead the QA team to establish and maintain test cases writing and test case management. · ... Participate in post-production deployment testing as well as testing in Stage environment. · ...

ZipRecruiter - 66 days ago

Digital QA Lead

Evolus - Newport Beach , CA

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to join our digital product team, where you will be leading ... Design and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts to verify software functionality ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 26 days ago

Quality Assurance Lead

Meyer Burger - Goodyear , AZ

The Quality Assurance Lead works under limited supervision and collaborates with Production ... This person leads the quality inspectors that perform a variety of quality control test/inspections ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 29 days ago

What does a QA Test Lead do?

Common responsibilities of a QA Test Lead

Participates in Project kickoff, project audit meetings according to planned dates with all responsible stakeholders from all the project phases.

December 22, 2022

Provide technical expertise and collaborate with the development team to continuously improve and make testing an integral part of the software development process using software design patterns and industry best practices.

January 17, 2023

Assist teams with correcting the identified non-compliance issues to ensure that we maintain high quality and high availability production system and services by providing necessary guidance and coaching.

March 16, 2023

Plan, managed and participate in system unit test, integration test, user acceptance testing, and other formal and information test activities to test both happy path and non-happy path test scenarios.

March 30, 2023

Lead the performance of Functional, Integration, System Integration, Regression, Security, and User Acceptance testing phases.

May 02, 2023

Create, maintain and report testing metrics with a passion to constantly improve product quality and usability.

May 10, 2023

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Average Salary Range for QA Test Lead in San Diego, CA

Average Base Salary

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68505

90428

77491

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

69718

94616

79676

What is the average salary for QA Test Lead in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of QA Test Lead in San Diego, CA. The base salary for QA Test Lead ranges from $68,505 to $90,428 with the average base salary of $77,491. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $69,718 to $94,616 with the average total cash compensation of $79,676.

View Average Salary for QA Test Lead as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$77,491	$68,505 - $90,428
Bonus	$2,185	$1,213 - $4,187
Total Pay	$79,676	$69,718 - $94,616

* 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.

QA Test Lead Salary Near San Diego, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE El Cajon, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,630 - $90,594	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Chula Vista, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,834 - $90,863	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Escondido, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,452 - $90,358	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Oceanside, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,933 - $90,993	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Carlsbad, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $68,452 - $90,358	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Murrieta, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $69,566 - $91,829	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA

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