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QA Engineer · Illinois

$116,650

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -14.2%

$136,000 $116,650

$102.1k 25th

$116.7k Median

$139.4k 75th

$88.7k

$150k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $62.4k – $204.6k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 73.9%
Live roles: 46

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Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering, SDET

OCC · Chicago - 125 S Franklin

$163,600 – $204,600

Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Integration & Test Lead

Northrop Grumman · United States-Illinois-Rolling Mea…

$135,800 – $203,600

Lead Penetration Test Engineer

S&P Global · US - NJ - VIRTUAL

$200,000 – $200,000

QA Automation Engineer – Agentic AI, UI, and API

Vizient · Chicago, IL 60607

$102,400 – $179,000

Lead Software Quality Test Engineer (Playwright)

Cars Commerce · 300 Riverside

$135,300 – $169,150

Senior Test & Validation Engineer – Electrification

Caterpillar · Mossville, Illinois

$112,710 – $169,060

Test Engineer

Leidos · Shiloh, IL

$92,300 – $166,850

Senior SDET - Architect

Northern Trust · Chicago, IL

$95,600 – $162,400

Software Test Engineer

Caterpillar · Chicago, Illinois

$121,389 – $158,480

SAP Software Test Engineer

CACI · 999 REMOTE

$75,200 – $158,100

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Caterpillar	$130,922	4
CACI	$116,650	3
Northrop Grumman	$109,500	3
OCC	$143,075	2
CG Cboe Global Markets	$139,425	2
Vizient	$131,450	2
S&P Global	$200,000	1
Cars Commerce	$152,225	1