What are the main factors that influence a Remote QA Tester's salary?

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

How does experience change A Remote QA Tester's salary?

A Remote QA Tester's salary grows with experience: a Software Quality Assurance Tester I (0-1 years)earns $46,940, a Remote QA Tester (1-3 years)earns $53,240, a Software Quality Assurance Tester III (3-5 years)earns $63,509, a Software Quality Assurance Tester IV (5-7 years)earns $71,368, a Software Quality Assurance Supervisor (7+ years)earns $118,381,

What are the highest paying states for a Remote QA Tester?

Remote QA Tester salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Remote QA Tester roles are District of Columbia $59,597, California $59,371, Massachusetts $58,580. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Remote QA Tester roles make?

Salaries for Remote QA Tester level roles vary by specialization: Remote Pharmacist: $152,140; Software QA Tester: $71,635; Contract QA Tester: $70,847; Manual QA Tester: $68,726; Web Qa Tester: $64,687.

How do different companies affect a Remote QA Tester's salary?

Company size, industry, and compensation structure create significant salary variations for Remote QA Tester 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.

Remote QA Tester Salary in the United States

How much does a Remote QA Tester make in the United States?

As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a Remote QA Tester in the United States is $53,827 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $26.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $69,070
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $47,291 to $61,806
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $41,340

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Remote QA Tester Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$61,806	$5,150	$1,189	$30
Average	$53,827	$4,486	$1,035	$26
25th Percentile	$47,291	$3,941	$909	$23

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Key Factors That Influence Remote QA Tester Salaries

A Remote QA Tester'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 Remote QA Tester Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Remote QA Tester'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): $46,940
Early Career (1-2 years): $53,240
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $63,509
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $71,368
Expert (over 8 years): $118,381

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Remote QA Tester	$46,940
Remote QA... Level Remote QA Tester	$53,240
Software ... Level Remote QA Tester	$63,509
Software ... Level Remote QA Tester	$71,368
Software ... Level Remote QA Tester	$118,381

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How Do Remote QA Tester 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 Remote QA Testers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $59,597.
California: $59,371.
Massachusetts: $58,580.

District of Columbia $59,597

California $59,371

Massachusetts $58,580

Washington $58,364

New Jersey $58,343

Alaska $58,267

Connecticut $57,525

New York $57,223

Hawaii $56,260

Rhode Island $55,808

Maryland $55,501

Minnesota $55,081

Colorado $54,919

Illinois $54,866

Oregon $54,661

Delaware $54,510

New Hampshire $54,416

Virginia $54,203

Pennsylvania $53,584

Nevada $53,272

North Dakota $53,170

Michigan $53,009

Wisconsin $52,949

Vermont $52,831

Texas $52,503

Maine $52,481

Arizona $52,449

Ohio $52,411

Georgia $51,916

Indiana $51,668

Wyoming $51,620

Utah $51,544

Iowa $51,512

Kansas $51,254

Louisiana $51,178

North Carolina $51,152

Missouri $51,141

Florida $50,931

Montana $50,818

Nebraska $50,710

Kentucky $50,651

South Carolina $50,436

Tennessee $50,301

Idaho $50,247

New Mexico $49,854

Oklahoma $49,768

Alabama $49,451

South Dakota $48,918

Arkansas $48,627

West Virginia $48,471

Mississippi $48,003

Top Paying Cities for Remote QA Testers

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: $67,892
San Francisco: $67,148
Oakland: $65,733

San Jose, CA $67,892

San Francisco, CA $67,148

Oakland, CA $65,733

New York, NY $61,976

Paramus, NJ $61,222

Queens Village, NY $61,219

Passaic, NJ $61,168

Bergenfield, NJ $61,163

Stamford, CT $61,045

Huntington, NY $61,023

Newark, NJ $60,625

Bridgeport, CT $60,511

Vallejo, CA $60,404

New Brunswick, NJ $60,383

Petaluma, CA $60,350

Middlesex, NJ $60,248

Somerset, NJ $60,211

Santa Cruz, CA $60,141

Boston, MA $59,812

Monterey, CA $59,623

Seattle, WA $59,500

Santa Rosa, CA $59,489

Los Angeles, CA $59,473

Juneau, AK $59,333

Washington, DC $59,274

Orange, CA $59,082

Santa Ana, CA $58,940

Long Beach, CA $58,886

Anaheim, CA $58,876

Anchorage, AK $58,849

Santa Maria, CA $58,687

Everett, WA $58,676

Danbury, CT $58,487

Bremerton, WA $58,413

Tacoma, WA $58,219

New Suffolk, NY $58,218

Sacramento, CA $58,203

Santa Barbara, CA $58,144

Trenton, NJ $58,084

San Diego, CA $58,084

Brockton, MA $58,025

Fairbanks, AK $57,893

Lompoc, CA $57,756

Lowell, MA $57,712

Ventura, CA $57,702

Nashua, NH $57,691

Stockton, CA $57,686

Modesto, CA $57,293

Poughkeepsie, NY $57,175

Olympia, WA $57,072

Kennewick, WA $57,072

New Haven, CT $57,051

Lawrence, MA $56,857

Hartford, CT $56,803

Riverside, CA $56,793

New Bedford, MA $56,739

Richland, WA $56,739

Bakersfield, CA $56,663

San Bernardino, CA $56,642

New Britain, CT $56,636

Atlantic City, NJ $56,636

New London, CT $56,615

Norwich, CT $56,599

Portsmouth, NH $56,588

Boulder, CO $56,474

Portland, OR $56,400

Worcester, MA $56,394

Minneapolis, MN $56,227

Philadelphia, PA $56,152

Honolulu, HI $55,974

Saint Paul, MN $55,949

Vineland, NJ $55,937

Providence, RI $55,781

Chicago, IL $55,625

Bellingham, WA $55,560

Springfield, MA $55,517

Baltimore, MD $55,501

Chico, CA $55,366

Pittsfield, MA $55,221

Manchester, NH $55,119

Spokane, WA $54,882

Denver, CO $54,876

Albany, NY $54,623

Troy, NY $54,602

Nassau, NY $54,544

Schenectady, NY $54,489

Wilmington, DE $54,446

Burlington, VT $54,370

Salem, OR $54,349

Portland, ME $54,182

Yakima, WA $54,128

Rochester, MN $53,961

Reno, NV $53,934

Fresno, CA $53,934

Milwaukee, WI $53,886

Detroit, MI $53,832

Ann Arbor, MI $53,823

Allentown, PA $53,816

Colorado Springs, CO $53,724

Syracuse, NY $53,698

Carson City, NV $53,698

Houston, TX $53,622

Eugene, OR $53,595

Gary, IN $53,531

Springfield, OR $53,488

Bismarck, ND $53,477

Galveston, TX $53,439

Medford, OR $53,358

Fort Collins, CO $53,337

Concord, NH $53,310

Austin, TX $53,294

Mesa, AZ $53,181

Reading, PA $53,175

Phoenix, AZ $53,170

Dallas, TX $53,154

Saint Cloud, MN $53,102

Madison, WI $53,030

Utica, NY $52,885

Rochester, NY $52,799

Des Moines, IA $52,793

Raleigh, NC $52,788

Atlanta, GA $52,707

Battle Creek, MI $52,691

Salt Lake City, UT $52,675

Lancaster, PA $52,594

Harrisburg, PA $52,519

Kansas City, MO $52,465

Champaign, IL $52,454

Kansas City, KS $52,454

Fort Worth, TX $52,449

Columbus, OH $52,440

Boca Raton, FL $52,427

Pittsburgh, PA $52,406

Richmond, VA $52,384

Indianapolis, IN $52,373

Cleveland, OH $52,368

Las Vegas, NV $52,303

Cincinnati, OH $52,303

Petersburg, VA $52,223

Huntsville, AL $52,142

Lansing, MI $52,106

Lebanon, PA $52,099

Pueblo, CO $52,093

Appleton, WI $52,077

Buffalo, NY $52,056

Dayton, OH $52,040

Racine, WI $52,029

Charlotte, NC $52,024

Saint Louis, MO $52,007

York, PA $51,975

Elkhart, IN $51,975

Gastonia, NC $51,965

Billings, MT $51,952

Beaumont, TX $51,937

Lorain, OH $51,927

Benton Harbor, MI $51,916

Toledo, OH $51,905

Binghamton, NY $51,878

Rock Hill, SC $51,873

Rockford, IL $51,846

Springfield, IL $51,824

Elyria, OH $51,819

Fargo, ND $51,819

Flagstaff, AZ $51,781

Fort Lauderdale, FL $51,749

Duluth, MN $51,717

Miami, FL $51,717

Cheyenne, WY $51,679

Grand Forks, ND $51,679

Bangor, ME $51,561

Cedar Rapids, IA $51,501

Durham, NC $51,479

Louisville, KY $51,474

Grand Rapids, MI $51,464

Hialeah, FL $51,458

Casper, WY $51,383

Scranton, PA $51,318

New Orleans, LA $51,302

Virginia Beach, VA $51,297

Akron, OH $51,270

Peoria, IL $51,200

Sarasota, FL $51,189

Nashville, TN $51,152

Omaha, NE $51,152

Green Bay, WI $51,152

Baton Rouge, LA $51,125

Charleston, SC $51,114

Jamestown, NY $51,087

Davenport, IA $51,087

Tucson, AZ $51,060

Saint Petersburg, FL $51,028

Tampa, FL $51,017

Evansville, IN $50,985

Port Arthur, TX $50,985

Bradenton, FL $50,963

Santa Fe, NM $50,866

Orlando, FL $50,769

Clearwater, FL $50,753

Canton, OH $50,640

La Crosse, WI $50,640

Albuquerque, NM $50,608

Newport News, VA $50,602

High Point, NC $50,586

Ogden, UT $50,565

Corpus Christi, TX $50,522

Norfolk, VA $50,489

Laramie, WY $50,489

Rock Island, IL $50,457

Saginaw, MI $50,446

Jacksonville, FL $50,441

Salisbury, NC $50,430

Boise, ID $50,419

Moline, IL $50,393

Fort Myers, FL $50,376

Memphis, TN $50,366

Tulsa, OK $50,339

Waterloo, IA $50,306

Spartanburg, SC $50,253

Lincoln, NE $50,226

Fort Wayne, IN $50,215

Provo, UT $50,210

Cedar Falls, IA $50,145

San Antonio, TX $50,123

Greensboro, NC $50,102

South Bend, IN $50,097

Savannah, GA $50,037

Muskegon, MI $50,016

Birmingham, AL $50,010

Winston Salem, NC $49,984

Lake Charles, LA $49,854

Anderson, IN $49,844

Lexington, KY $49,827

Augusta, GA $49,811

Greenville, SC $49,811

Lima, OH $49,768

Wichita, KS $49,763

Tuscaloosa, AL $49,763

Columbia, SC $49,714

Springfield, OH $49,704

Asheville, NC $49,617

Bloomington, IN $49,580

Knoxville, TN $49,386

Shreveport, LA $49,381

Wilmington, NC $49,311

Roanoke, VA $49,311

Topeka, KS $49,214

Frankfort, KY $49,208

Oklahoma City, OK $49,171

Chillicothe, OH $49,149

Longview, TX $49,144

Melbourne, FL $49,138

Sioux Falls, SD $49,052

Mobile, AL $49,047

Terre Haute, IN $49,025

Altoona, PA $48,993

Amarillo, TX $48,955

Killeen, TX $48,939

Fayetteville, AR $48,896

Chattanooga, TN $48,880

Sioux City, IA $48,832

Idaho Falls, ID $48,821

Lynchburg, VA $48,778

Gainesville, FL $48,708

Portsmouth, OH $48,681

Little Rock, AR $48,670

Lafayette, LA $48,649

Youngstown, OH $48,649

Daytona Beach, FL $48,616

Clarksville, TN $48,611

Pensacola, FL $48,606

Temple, TX $48,602

Hopkinsville, KY $48,444

Erie, PA $48,433

Florence, SC $48,412

Charleston, WV $48,326

Great Falls, MT $48,299

Macon, GA $48,223

Tallahassee, FL $48,218

Fayetteville, NC $48,207

Waco, TX $48,196

Helena, MT $48,159

Pine Bluff, AR $48,138

Vincennes, IN $48,073

Lubbock, TX $48,051

Alamogordo, NM $48,019

Twin Falls, ID $47,970

Rapid City, SD $47,954

Jackson, MS $47,857

Huntington, WV $47,854

Greenville, MS $47,852

Parkersburg, WV $47,797

Montgomery, AL $47,787

Wichita Falls, TX $47,734

Springfield, MO $47,734

Biloxi, MS $47,707

Monroe, LA $47,653

Johnstown, PA $47,615

Sumter, SC $47,594

Columbus, GA $47,588

Pascagoula, MS $47,486

Abilene, TX $47,486

Kingsport, TN $47,346

Albany, GA $47,346

Gulfport, MS $47,330

Alexandria, LA $47,152

Fort Smith, AR $47,018

El Paso, TX $46,872

Las Cruces, NM $46,630

Harlingen, TX $46,493

Pocatello, ID $46,485

Florence, AL $46,415

Brownsville, TX $46,404

Mcallen, TX $46,291

Dothan, AL $46,216

Columbus, MS $45,896

Altus, OK $45,645

Lawton, OK $45,543

Pierre, SD $45,349

What Skills Can Increase a Remote QA Tester's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

Analysis (Mentioned in 6.51% Job Postings): Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
Software Testing (Mentioned in 2.91% Job Postings): Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the software product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software implementation. Test techniques include the process of executing a program or application with the intent of finding software bugs (errors or other defects), and verifying that the software product is fit for use. Software testing involves the execution of a software component or system component to evaluate one or more properties of interest. In general, these properties indicate the extent to which the component or system under test: meets the requirements that guided its design and development, responds correctly to all kinds of inputs, performs its functions within an acceptable time, it is sufficiently usable, can be installed and run in its intended environments, and achieves the general result its stakeholders desire.
Software Development (Mentioned in 2.27% 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.

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Skills	Demand Percentage
Analysis	6.51%
Software Testing	2.91%
Software Development	2.27%

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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 Remote QA Tester's salary.

IDEA: Can increase your salary by up to 11%.
Social Engineering: Can increase your salary by up to 9%.
Penetration Testing: Can increase your salary by up to 8%.

Skill	Salary	Salary % Increase
IDEA	$59,748	11%
Social Engineering	$58,671	9%
Penetration Testing	$58,133	8%
Cybersecurity	$58,133	8%
Python	$57,595	7%
Software Development	$57,595	7%

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Remote QA Tester Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Remote QA Tester roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Remote QA Tester positions in Hospitality & Leisure or MFG Nondurable typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Remote QA Tester as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Remote QA Tester

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Pharmaceuticals	$64,592	$31.0	20%
Biotechnology	$61,901	$30.0	15%
Financial Services	$61,901	$30.0	15%
Software & Networking	$61,901	$30.0	15%
Energy & Utilities	$59,209	$28.0	10%

Remote QA Tester Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Remote QA Tester'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.

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$47,291

Average $53,827/year

$61,806

$3,941

Average $4,486/month

$5,150

$909

Average $1,035/week

$1,189

$23

Average $26/hour

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	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$61,806	$5,150	$1,189	$30
Average	$53,827	$4,486	$1,035	$26
25th Percentile	$47,291	$3,941	$909	$23

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Salaries for a Remote QA Tester can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary increased from $55,087 in 2023 to around $56,100 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Remote QA Tester salary trends, .

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