India · INR
QA Engineer salary in India
The median salary in QA Engineer job ads in India is ₹4.3 LPA (₹4,30,000 a year, about ₹35,833 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list ₹3,70,000 to ₹13L, based on 13 salaries from 9 employers, updated 8 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- ₹4,30,000
- ₹4.3 LPA · a year
- 12-month range
- High ₹4,10,000
- Oct 2026
- Low ₹4,10,000 · Oct 2026
- Salaries
- 13
- from 9 employers
- Last updated
- 8 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 8 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- ₹3,30,000
- 25th percentile
- ₹3,70,000
- Median
- ₹4,30,000
- 75th percentile
- ₹13L
- 90th percentile
- ₹17L
13 salaries · 89 live India jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 13 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 8 Nov 2026
Salary brackets
QA Engineer salary brackets in India
How the 13 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across INR pay brackets, annualised and India only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| ₹2L–₹4L | 46% 6 listings | |
| ₹4L–₹6LMedian here | 8% 1 listing | |
| ₹6L–₹8L | 8% 1 listing | |
| ₹8L–₹10L | 0% 0 listings | |
| ₹10L–₹12L | 8% 1 listing | |
| ₹12L–₹14L | 8% 1 listing | |
| ₹14L–₹16L | 0% 0 listings | |
| ₹16L–₹18L | 15% 2 listings | |
| ₹18L and over | 7% 1 listing |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Pay listed by employers
Latest QA Engineer jobs that show their pay in India
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- QA Engineer (WFO) - ChennaiIndia Health Link · posted 6 Nov 2026₹6,00,000 – ₹8,00,000
- QA Engineer - ETLAlgoworks · posted 31 Oct 2026₹20L – ₹25L
- Senior IoT Test EngineerFreespace · Senior level · posted 30 Oct 2026₹17L – ₹18L
- Lead QA EngineerFreespace · Senior level · posted 30 Oct 2026₹14L – ₹19L
- Automation Test EngineerSoftmason Technologies Inc · Entry level · posted 27 Oct 2026₹3,20,000 – ₹4,20,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
13 salaries from 9 employers, posted between 8 Nov 2025 and 8 Nov 2026. Last updated 8 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
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Live jobs
QA Engineer jobs in India
- Sr.Princ SQA Engineer
Gen Digital Inc. · Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India
- QA Engineer
DDN · Bangalore, Karnātaka, India
- Staff QA Engineer
DDN · Pune, Mahārāshtra, India
- QA Engineer III
DDN · Pune, Mahārāshtra, India
- SR QA Engineer 10297 – Networking (Wired/Wireless) | Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) | Python
Extreme Networks · Chennai, India
- Staff QA Engineer 10348 – Data Center Networking | Python Automation|Layer2/Layer3
Extreme Networks · Bangalore
Other markets
QA Engineer pay in other markets
The same role in markets with their own published salary page. Each median stays in its own currency. "What it buys" divides it by the World Bank's 2025 price level for that country: the US-dollar amount with the same purchasing power in the US. It is a country-wide figure, not a city's cost of living.
| Market | Median | 25th–75th pct | Observations | What it buys (US $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India (this page) | ₹4,30,000 | ₹3,70,000–₹13L | 13 | $21,675 |
| United States | $140,000 | $122,500–$167,078 | 283 | $140,000 |
Source for "What it buys": World Bank, International Comparison Program, PPP conversion factor for private consumption (PA.NUS.PRVT.PP), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in India. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
QA Engineer salary in India: common questions
What is the average QA Engineer salary in India in 2026?
Job ads for QA Engineer in India on Jobiba list a median salary of ₹4.3 LPA (about ₹35,800 a month before deductions), based on 13 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between ₹3.7 LPA and ₹12.5 LPA (25th to 75th percentile).
What is the in-hand salary for a QA Engineer on ₹4.3 LPA CTC?
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CTC to in-hand calculator →How does Jobiba calculate QA Engineer salary in India?
From 13 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.