Bottom quarter
$101K
Test Engineering Salary in Austin
What you should make. What you should ask for. Calculated from 1M+ data points, refreshed monthly.
Median
$123K
Top quarter
$146K
Top 10%
$168K
Adjusted for Austin at 1.05× the national baseline. See the math →
What this number means.
Test Engineering in Austin pulls a median of $122,640 at mid-career, with a top-quartile band reaching $146,160 and the top 10% at $168,000. Austin's cost-of-living tilt is 1.05× — the band reflects that. The gap between the middle of the market and the top quarter is real money — at this role, $23,520 a year. Ask for it.
How to negotiate this
- Anchor$146,160 — the top-quartile number. This is the number you say first.
- Target$134,400 — where a fair counter lands. Above the median, below the anchor.
- Floor$122,640 — below this, you're underpaid. Walking away gets cheaper than staying.
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