QA Engineer salary in Philadelphia, PA

Based on 749 certified H-1B filings in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Wilmington, Newark, Malvern, Oaks, Mount Laurel.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$100,900
Middle 50%$87.4k–$120.1k
vs. national median−4%comparison median $105,602
Filings749FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $68,683 and $165,832.
PercentileSalary
10th$85,530
25th$87,360
50th (median)$100,900
75th$120,120
90th$135,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $79,700 (297 filings) FY2021: median $79,676 (253 filings) FY2022: median $90,000 (280 filings) FY2023: median $85,000 (392 filings) FY2024: median $85,530 (456 filings) FY2025: median $102,500 (395 filings) FY2026: median $96,647 (354 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 297 filings FY20 FY2021: 253 filings FY21 FY2022: 280 filings FY22 FY2023: 392 filings FY23 FY2024: 456 filings FY24 FY2025: 395 filings FY25 FY2026: 354 filings FY26 456
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$79,700$75,462$93,000297
FY2021$79,676$74,090$98,259253
FY2022$90,000$77,418$104,008280
FY2023$85,000$75,296$104,162392
FY2024$85,530$80,475$110,037456
FY2025$102,500$85,530$120,120395
FY2026$96,647$87,360$121,875354

Cost of living

Philadelphia's median QA Engineer salary of $100,900 is worth about $98,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Philadelphia = 102.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Philadelphia, PA area earned a median of $102,740 in May 2025 (2,650 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,900, 2% 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
Cognizant$102,81463
Accenture$111,60040
Tata Consultancy Services$85,53029
NTT DATA$106,51727
UST$96,04426
Comcast$120,12025
Capgemini America$126,72422
Coforge$87,36019
Tata Elxsi$87,36016
Compunnel Software Group$90,00015

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $70,720 66
Mid-level · Level II $87,360 396
Senior · Level III $105,602 156
Expert · Level IV $126,316 124

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$69,098$70,72066
Mid-level · Level II$87,360$87,360396
Senior · Level III$105,602$105,602156
Expert · Level IV$123,864$126,316124

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.