QA / Test Engineer salaries
Monthly net pay from 1,013 answers since 2021. In 2026 the median is ₺102,500; the middle half earns ₺77,500–₺127,500.
- 2026 median
- ₺102,500
- Last year
- +32%
- 2026 answers
- 144
Monthly net pay by year
MedianMiddle 50% (P25–P75)
- 2022 +53%
- 2023 +87%
- 2024 +126%
- 2025 +60%
- 2026 +32%
Amounts are in each year's nominal lira; in years of high inflation most of the rise is prices, not purchasing power.
2026 distribution · point at a year on the chart
144 people- Bottom 10%
- ₺60,500
- Lower quartile (P25)
- ₺77,500
- Median
- ₺102,500
- Upper quartile (P75)
- ₺127,500
- Top 10%
- ₺172,500
The bottom and top tenth are shown instead of the single lowest and highest answer: the extremes are either mistakes or one person, and showing one answer makes that person recognisable.
2026, by experience
- 0–2 yearsLower quartile ₺53,500, upper quartile ₺77,500, 30 people₺67,500
- 3–5 yearsLower quartile ₺77,500, upper quartile ₺102,500, 47 people₺87,500
- 6–10 yearsLower quartile ₺107,500, upper quartile ₺162,500, 55 people₺122,500
The line is the median, the light band the middle half.
2026, by level
- Junior₺67,500₺53,500 – ₺77,50020 people
- Middle₺92,500₺77,500 – ₺112,50061 people
- Senior₺122,500₺107,500 – ₺157,50063 people
The level is the respondent's own answer.
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Every year
| Year | Answers | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Against the year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 144 | ₺77,500 | ₺102,500 | ₺127,500 | +32% |
| 2025 | 356 | ₺56,500 | ₺77,500 | ₺97,500 | +60% |
| 2024 | 162 | ₺35,500 | ₺48,500 | ₺62,500 | +126% |
| 2023 | 239 | ₺15,500 | ₺21,500 | ₺30,500 | +87% |
| 2022 | 83 | ₺7,500 | ₺11,500 | ₺15,500 | +53% |
| 2021 | 29 | ₺5,500 | ₺7,500 | ₺10,500 | — |
Where do the numbers come from?
- The Önceki Yazılımcı salary surveys, run every year from 2021 to 2026: 35,890 answers in all.
Used with the survey author's permission. We keep nothing per person; this page only holds group summaries.
- Only groups of at least 15 people are shown; no figure of a smaller group is published.
- The survey asks for a range; each value is the middle of its range, rounded to 500 lira. A value that falls in an open top range is written with "≥".
- Only answers from people working in Turkey and paid in Turkish lira count.
- Amounts are each year's nominal lira, not adjusted for inflation.