Test Automation Engineer salary
2 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for test automation engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 19 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $123,750 and $164,750, with a median of $139,950.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $139,950 and senior $154,325. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 10% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. Every range in the table rests on at least 10 postings.
Every measured range
2 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $123,750 – $164,750 | $139,950 | 19 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $131,750 – $170,672 | $154,325 | 14 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Open test automation engineer roles · 13 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $95,000–$200,000scale $50,000–$280,000
Staff Audio Test Automation Engineer Ford Motor Company · Palo Alto $150,200–$283,500 3w ago Senior Test Automation Engineer Biotechne · San Jose $115,100–$189,200 4w ago HIL Test Automation Engineer Terabase Energy · Remote · US $80,000–$100,000 4w ago 
Integration & Test Automation Engineer L3Harris Technologies · Northampton $88,500–$164,500 5w ago 
Lead Software Test Automation Engineer | Test Architect - Agentic AI Wolters Kluwer · Coppell $89,600–$157,000 8w ago 
Software Test Automation Engineer 3M · US, Minnesota, Maplewood $145,676–$178,049 2mo ago 
Sr. Test Automation Engineer (SIL/HIL Infrastructure) 42dot · San Francisco $185,000–$250,000 4mo ago 
Senior Test Automation Engineer Videa · Boston $130,000–$150,000 4mo ago Test Automation Engineer Videa · Boston $115,000–$130,000 4mo ago Senior Test Automation Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $160,000–$185,000 7mo ago Test Automation Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $100,000–$165,000 7mo ago 
Test Automation Engineer Figure · San Jose $150,000–$250,000 12mo ago 
Software Test Automation Engineer (R4719) Shield AI · Dallas $95,000–$200,000 1y ago