Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · SOC 15-1253
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Salary in the Iowa
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Iowa
Figures describe the state of Iowa as a whole.
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Iowa earned a median of $88,590 per year ($42.59 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $55,640 at the 10th percentile to $126,290 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,000 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Iowa earn more than $88,590 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,270 and $105,930.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $55,640 | $76,270 | $88,590 | $105,930 | $126,290 |
| Hourly | $26.75 | $36.67 | $42.59 | $50.93 | $60.72 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Iowa$88,590 median for Iowa; middle half earns $76,270 to $105,930
- United Statesnational$104,300 median for United States; middle half earns $80,310 to $133,180
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Iowa
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for software quality assurance analysts and testers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Iowathis page$88,590 median for Iowa; middle half earns $76,270 to $105,930
- $108,040 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $84,550 to $130,660
- $100,170 median for Dubuque metro area; middle half earns $85,030 to $124,650
- $98,190 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $78,560 to $106,790
- $96,560 median for Ames metro area; middle half earns $82,370 to $131,640
- $84,920 median for Waterloo metro area; middle half earns $80,540 to $102,200
- $84,270 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $75,870 to $103,230
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.