QA Engineer salary in Birmingham, AL

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings in the Birmingham, AL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Hoover, Calera.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$77,813
Middle 50%$72.5k–$83.7k
vs. national median−26%comparison median $105,602
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $61,733 and $123,034.
PercentileSalary
10th$65,000
25th$72,536
50th (median)$77,813
75th$83,650
90th$95,431

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $75,733 (11 filings) FY2022: median $86,400 (15 filings) FY2023: median $68,990 (15 filings) FY2024: median $86,174 (23 filings) FY2025: median $74,049 (14 filings) FY2026: median $80,000 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 23 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 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$75,733$75,733$76,61911
FY2021–––9
FY2022$86,400$78,000$92,52515
FY2023$68,990$65,985$84,58715
FY2024$86,174$75,250$93,19823
FY2025$74,049$65,750$84,55014
FY2026$80,000$77,720$82,00010

Cost of living

Birmingham's median QA Engineer salary of $77,813 is worth about $84,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Birmingham = 91.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Birmingham, AL area earned a median of $82,060 in May 2025 (360 employed). The H-1B median here is $77,813, 5% lower.

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
Bahwan Cybertektoo few5
CGItoo few3
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabamatoo few3
Citwtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II $77,813 12
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$74,048$77,81312

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.