Here are two examples of QA Career paths both for Technical and Administrative fields.
Are you wondering where can you grow and how much can you make as a QA Engineer?
QA Engineer with limited or no experience.
Salary: from $50.000 up to $85.000 annually
Mostly manual QA Engineer.
Salary: from $60.000 up to $115.000 annually
A with knowledge of most aspect of QA.
Salary: from $80.000 up to $135.000 annually
QA that writes code
most of the time.
Salary: from $80.000
up to $130.000 annually
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Experienced QA with knowledge of most test scripting aspect.
Salary: from $100.000 up to $155.000 annually
QA/Developer (50/50) that can do testing as well as development.
Salary: from $90.000 up to $145.000 annually
Expert level QA/Developer.
Salary: from $110.000 up to $160.000 annually
Mostly manual QA Engineer.
Salary: from $50.000 up to $115.000 annually
QA with knowledge of most aspect of QA.
Salary: from $80.000 up to $135.000 annually
Leader of QA efforts. Person who sets examples and assign tasks.
Salary: from $100.000 up to $150.000 annually
Manager who keeps every team member on track, and makes sure they have all resources.
Salary: from $125.000
up to $195.000 annually
Person who strategically guides team to be more effective and efficient.
Average base pay: $158.000 up to $240.000 annually in some cases.
From here you can grow to:
Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, VP, CTO and even to CEO position.