QA Manual

QA Manual finds release risk early and improves how the team prevents regressions.

Salary from $1,270 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $2,217 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 1,122 Last 3 months
Applications per job 43.01 JobNote category match
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Published signal

Manual QA + QA family
$2,250 all-QA median
$850 Junior Manual QA
358 QA jobs · June
77 responses per QA job · June

Hiring Ask for risk-based test choices, defect prevention, and ownership beyond executing cases.

Candidate Show how testing changed release quality or cycle time.

Data The overall median combines QA types; junior figure is Manual QA. Broad DOU QA category; Manual and Automation are combined.

Where to hire

Sources

  1. QA salaries — winter 2026 Published signal ·
  2. Ukraine tech job market — first half of 2026 Published signal ·