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Quality Assurance Engineer salary in California

A real-employer view of Quality Assurance Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated August 2, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Quality Assurance Engineer in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 128 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $133,716. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry37$121,202
Level II — qualified53$133,000
Level III — experienced30$165,422
Level IV — fully competent8$161,876

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Quality Assurance Engineer in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Amazon.com Services LLCQuality Assurance Engineer II64$135,850
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLCQUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER I9$160,000
BEACONFIRE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC.QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER3$102,710
ByteDance Inc.Quality Assurance Engineer3$148,000
ETOUCH SYSTEMS CORPORATIONQUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER 33$165,500
SUNSOFT SERVICES INCQuality Assurance Engineer3$95,680
Workday, Inc.Sr Quality Assurance Engineer3$160,139
Energous CorporationQuality Assurance (QA) Engineer2$138,000
Mindtech SolutionsQuality Assurance Engineer2$93,018
OTTER.AI, INC.Quality Assurance Engineer2$134,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Quality Assurance Engineer I at Amazon.com Services LLC
    $123,000
    SunnyvaleWage Level IDecided Mar 30, 2026I-200-26082-721258
  • Quality Assurance Engineer at LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A, INC.
    $94,162
    SANTA CLARAWage Level IDecided Mar 25, 2026I-200-26077-712645
  • Senior Staff Quality Assurance Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
    $201,053
    Santa ClaraWage Level IVDecided Mar 23, 2026I-200-26075-706818
  • SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER at James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    $125,000
    IRVINEWage Level IIIDecided Mar 12, 2026I-200-26064-681199
  • Quality Assurance Engineer at NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC
    $113,277
    DUBLINWage Level IIDecided Mar 11, 2026I-200-26063-679432
  • Sr Associate Quality Assurance Engineer at Workday, Inc.
    $113,277
    PleasantonWage Level IIDecided Mar 11, 2026I-200-26063-679523
  • Quality Assurance Engineer II at Amazon.com Services LLC
    $133,000
    CupertinoWage Level IIDecided Mar 9, 2026I-200-26061-672311
  • Quality Assurance Engineer I at Amazon.com Services LLC
    $135,000
    SunnyvaleWage Level IDecided Mar 5, 2026I-200-26057-665834

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.