QA Engineer salary in Akron, OH

Based on 29 certified H-1B filings in the Akron, OH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Twinsburg, Aurora, Kent, Richfield, Fairlawn.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$100,100
Middle 50%$77.7k–$124.8k
vs. national median−5%comparison median $105,602
Filings29FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,000 and $145,601.
PercentileSalary
10th$72,639
25th$77,734
50th (median)$100,100
75th$124,800
90th$128,496

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $95k $130k FY2023: median $77,734 (23 filings) FY2024: median $100,631 (14 filings) FY2025: median $119,988 (16 filings) FY2026: median $85,613 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 23 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 23
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––8
FY2021–––8
FY2022–––9
FY2023$77,734$74,672$102,22823
FY2024$100,631$88,350$113,53414
FY2025$119,988$96,158$127,71116
FY2026$85,613$77,734$105,57513

Cost of living

Akron's median QA Engineer salary of $100,100 is worth about $107,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Akron = 93.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Akron, OH area earned a median of $98,600 in May 2025 (170 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,100, 2% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Progressive Casualty Insurance Companytoo few4
Cigniti Technologiestoo few3
Mphasistoo few3
Cognizanttoo few2
Precision Management Grouptoo few2
PYXIS Management Consulting Grouptoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $77,734 15
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV too few 4

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$69,222$77,73415

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.