Senior QA Engineer salary in Milwaukee, WI

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Waukesha, Brookfield, Franklin, Wauwatosa, New Berlin.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$93,018
Middle 50%$90.3k–$121.7k
vs. all levels here+13%comparison median $82,000
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $90,314 and $133,332.
PercentileSalary
10th$90,314
25th$90,314
50th (median)$93,018
75th$121,709
90th$125,700

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $95k $110k FY2020: median $94,900 (12 filings) FY2023: median $102,500 (10 filings) FY2024: median $104,437 (16 filings) FY2025: median $93,018 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 6 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 16
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$94,900$87,999$103,20012
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––6
FY2023$102,500$100,000$106,57510
FY2024$104,437$99,136$114,25016
FY2025$93,018$93,018$119,00014
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

Milwaukee's median senior QA Engineer salary of $93,018 is worth about $96,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Milwaukee = 96.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Milwaukee, WI area earned a median of $97,390 in May 2025 (790 employed). The H-1B median here is $93,018, 4% lower.

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
Cognizanttoo few6
Deloittetoo few2
LTIMindtreetoo 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 $81,370 125
Senior · Level III $93,018 23
Expert · Level IV $112,000 20

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$78,166$81,370125
Senior · Level III$90,314$93,01823
Expert · Level IV$99,278$112,00020

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.