Mid-level QA Engineer salary in Lansing, MI

Based on 16 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Okemos, East Lansing, Dimondale, Haslett, Holt.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$83,500
Middle 50%$69.5k–$91.6k
vs. all levels here−10%comparison median $93,082
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,592 and $102,975.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,250
25th$69,457
50th (median)$83,500
75th$91,625
90th$93,667

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $78,719 (16 filings) FY2022: median $79,227 (11 filings) FY2023: median $76,399 (26 filings) FY2025: median $87,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 16 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 26 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 26
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$78,719$62,858$85,02016
FY2021–––9
FY2022$79,227$67,527$89,32711
FY2023$76,399$67,829$87,41126
FY2024–––9
FY2025$87,000$68,250$90,84811
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Lansing's median mid-level QA Engineer salary of $83,500 is worth about $87,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Lansing = 95.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Lansing, MI area earned a median of $77,950 in May 2025 (200 employed). The H-1B median here is $83,500, 7% higher.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Source Infotechtoo 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 $83,500 16
Senior · Level III $89,045 20
Expert · Level IV $96,000 17

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$65,520$83,50016
Senior · Level III$79,685$89,04520
Expert · Level IV$93,163$96,00017

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.