QA Engineer salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Based on 21 certified H-1B filings in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area, FY2025–FY2026.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$105,000
Middle 50%$89.6k–$120k
vs. national median−1%comparison median $105,602
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $74,987 and $126,191.
PercentileSalary
10th$75,000
25th$89,648
50th (median)$105,000
75th$120,000
90th$122,600

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $80k $110k FY2020: median $64,500 (23 filings) FY2021: median $65,707 (21 filings) FY2022: median $66,352 (15 filings) FY2023: median $80,052 (21 filings) FY2025: median $104,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 21 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 21 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 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$64,500$64,438$67,47523
FY2021$65,707$65,707$67,20521
FY2022$66,352$66,352$71,96815
FY2023$80,052$71,968$84,86421
FY2024–––5
FY2025$104,000$87,360$120,00013
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

Cedar Rapids's median QA Engineer salary of $105,000 is worth about $118,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Cedar Rapids = 89.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Cedar Rapids, IA area earned a median of $84,270 in May 2025 (110 employed). The H-1B median here is $105,000, 25% 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
Wabtec Railway Electronicstoo few5
Capgemini Americatoo few2
L&T Technology Servicestoo few2
Millennium Softwaretoo 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 – 0
Senior · Level III $107,787 12
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
Senior · Level III$89,648$107,78712

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.