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Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · SOC 15-1253

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Salary in the Reading Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Reading, PA metro area

Figures describe the Reading, PA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Reading city limits.

Median annual wage$79,140
Median hourly wage$38.05

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Reading, PA metro area earned a median of $79,140 per year ($38.05 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $58,010 at the 10th percentile to $122,740 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the Reading metro area earn more than $79,140 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $62,060 and $104,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$58,010$62,060$79,140$104,160$122,740
Hourly$27.89$29.84$38.05$50.08$59.01

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.

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How this area compares

  • Reading metro areathis metro area
    $79,140
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $93,030
  • United Statesnational
    $104,300

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −15% vs Pennsylvania overall and −24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$39,060$81,550$124,040$166,530Morgantown, WV — $39,060Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $52,120Macon-Bibb County, GA — $59,310Ocala, FL — $61,070San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $61,540Springfield, MO — $61,600Charleston, WV — $62,300San Angelo, TX — $62,400Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,230Elizabethtown, KY — $65,710Florence, SC — $67,430Winston-Salem, NC — $69,390Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $69,990Jackson, MS — $71,530Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $72,400Logan, UT-ID — $73,290York-Hanover, PA — $74,390Wausau, WI — $74,840Iowa City, IA — $75,330Columbia, MO — $75,520Jefferson City, MO — $75,620Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $76,180Oklahoma City, OK — $77,700Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $77,950Lafayette, LA — $78,370Lexington-Fayette, KY — $78,800South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $78,850Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $78,890Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $79,040Reading, PA — $79,140Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $79,180Paducah, KY-IL — $79,340Fort Wayne, IN — $79,710La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $79,840Killeen-Temple, TX — $81,390Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,950Abilene, TX — $81,990Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $81,990Birmingham, AL — $82,060Pittsburgh, PA — $82,900Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $82,940Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $83,010Waco, TX — $83,150Evansville, IN — $83,250Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $83,290Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $83,330Gainesville, FL — $83,620College Station-Bryan, TX — $83,700Bismarck, ND — $83,920Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $84,150Cedar Rapids, IA — $84,270Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $84,920Janesville-Beloit, WI — $85,550Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $85,610Fargo, ND-MN — $85,670Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $85,910Greenville, NC — $85,930Knoxville, TN — $85,970Champaign-Urbana, IL — $86,130Wilmington, NC — $86,200Columbia, SC — $86,320Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $87,270Modesto, CA — $87,650Mobile, AL — $87,910Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $87,940Topeka, KS — $88,590Tulsa, OK — $88,680Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $88,780Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $89,060Tallahassee, FL — $90,040Wichita, KS — $90,130Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $90,520Lancaster, PA — $90,540Appleton, WI — $90,890Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $91,040Eugene-Springfield, OR — $91,150Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $91,520Portland-South Portland, ME — $92,050Green Bay, WI — $92,120El Paso, TX — $92,150Lincoln, NE — $92,710Canton-Massillon, OH — $93,450Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $93,510Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $93,540State College, PA — $93,680Toledo, OH — $94,160Fresno, CA — $94,350Midland, TX — $94,500St. Louis, MO-IL — $94,590Chattanooga, TN-GA — $94,800Kansas City, MO-KS — $94,970Ithaca, NY — $94,990Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $95,280Eau Claire, WI — $95,600Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $95,680New Haven, CT — $95,700Warner Robins, GA — $95,890San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $95,990Rockford, IL — $96,020Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $96,160Corpus Christi, TX — $96,530Ames, IA — $96,560Peoria, IL — $96,700Springfield, IL — $96,800Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $96,960Jacksonville, FL — $97,030Ann Arbor, MI — $97,250Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $97,390Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $97,470Fayetteville, NC — $97,520Salem, OR — $97,520Montgomery, AL — $97,750Madison, WI — $97,840Rochester, NY — $97,840Bend, OR — $97,870Syracuse, NY — $97,950Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $98,190Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $98,270Spartanburg, SC — $98,350Akron, OH — $98,600Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $98,690Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $98,720Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $98,870Gainesville, GA — $99,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $99,250Greensboro-High Point, NC — $99,340Omaha, NE-IA — $99,580Roanoke, VA — $99,600Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $99,670Utica-Rome, NY — $99,880Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $100,050Reno, NV — $100,130Dubuque, IA — $100,170Savannah, GA — $100,170North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $100,450Tucson, AZ — $100,650Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $100,690Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $100,710Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $100,740Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $101,140Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $101,510Stockton-Lodi, CA — $101,720Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $101,880Bloomington, IL — $102,070Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $102,090Boise City, ID — $102,110Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $102,130Cleveland, OH — $102,190Lynchburg, VA — $102,250Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $102,390Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $102,420Ogden, UT — $102,540Springfield, MA — $102,730Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $102,740Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $102,750Columbus, GA-AL — $102,890Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $103,070Columbus, OH — $103,110Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $103,210Bellingham, WA — $103,280Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $104,250Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $104,410Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $105,000Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $105,080Binghamton, NY — $105,170Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $105,270Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $105,580Huntsville, AL — $105,610Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $105,720Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $105,800Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $105,970Port St. Lucie, FL — $106,080Richmond, VA — $106,300Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $107,140Worcester, MA — $107,370Naples-Marco Island, FL — $107,950Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $108,040Albuquerque, NM — $108,230Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $109,540Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $109,760Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $110,640Kenosha, WI — $110,770Raleigh-Cary, NC — $110,800Charlottesville, VA — $111,060Dover, DE — $111,270Santa Fe, NM — $111,360Punta Gorda, FL — $112,240Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $113,680Asheville, NC — $114,510Manchester-Nashua, NH — $115,000Vallejo, CA — $115,710San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $120,210Rochester, MN — $120,630Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $122,210Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $122,210Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $122,980Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $123,690Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $124,040Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $124,400Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $126,350Bozeman, MT — $127,590Urban Honolulu, HI — $128,010Colorado Springs, CO — $128,520Kennewick-Richland, WA — $128,860Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $129,690Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $129,880New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $130,540Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $130,710Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $133,970Greeley, CO — $134,350San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $134,630Boulder, CO — $136,410Lexington Park, MD — $147,520San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $166,530

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Reading metro area has the 185th-highest published median for this occupation among the 214 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Pennsylvania

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.

  • Reading metro areathis page
    $79,140
  • Philadelphia metro area
    $102,740
  • State College metro area
    $93,680
  • Allentown metro area
    $91,520
  • Lancaster metro area
    $90,540
  • Harrisburg metro area
    $87,270
  • Scranton metro area
    $85,610

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Computer User Support Specialists$58,460Software Developers$120,920Computer Systems Analysts$99,980Computer Occupations, All Other$102,370Data Scientists$100,340Network and Computer Systems Administrators$87,540

Highest-paying metro areas for software quality assurance analysts and testerss · Highest-paying occupations in Reading Metro

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.