QA Engineer salary in Virginia Beach, VA

Based on 66 certified H-1B filings in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News, Williamsburg.

Also listed as: Software Tester, Test Automation Engineer

Median salary$100,589
Middle 50%$92.5k–$109.1k
vs. national median−5%comparison median $105,602
Filings66FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,514 and $148,777.
PercentileSalary
10th$84,781
25th$92,456
50th (median)$100,589
75th$109,117
90th$121,419

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $95k $120k FY2020: median $80,750 (36 filings) FY2021: median $85,000 (23 filings) FY2022: median $90,000 (25 filings) FY2023: median $85,930 (49 filings) FY2024: median $96,179 (38 filings) FY2025: median $100,589 (36 filings) FY2026: median $107,364 (30 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 36 filings FY20 FY2021: 23 filings FY21 FY2022: 25 filings FY22 FY2023: 49 filings FY23 FY2024: 38 filings FY24 FY2025: 36 filings FY25 FY2026: 30 filings FY26 49
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$80,750$79,934$85,20036
FY2021$85,000$82,800$92,53123
FY2022$90,000$82,742$100,00025
FY2023$85,930$74,818$100,00049
FY2024$96,179$85,271$107,63738
FY2025$100,589$88,820$109,11736
FY2026$107,364$92,470$109,11730

Cost of living

Virginia Beach's median QA Engineer salary of $100,589 is worth about $102,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Virginia Beach = 97.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Virginia Beach, VA area earned a median of $105,970 in May 2025 (720 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,589, 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
Cognizant$100,58919
UST$120,33811
Aanvi Cloud Technologiestoo few5
Elevance Healthtoo few4
Old Dominion Universitytoo few4
Wiprotoo few2
Accentuate IT Solutionstoo few2
AgileTrailblazerstoo few2
Everest Techtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $93,387 40
Senior · Level III $109,117 19
Expert · Level IV too few 2

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$92,456$93,38740
Senior · Level III$109,117$109,11719

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.