Is 45000 annual salary for Quality Assurance Analyst low?

[newimmig]

Hi guys,

i'm a new immigrant and was lucky enough to get a job as a QA Analyst. the employer offered me 45k annual salary + benefits. This is a full-time job. I live in Toronto area. Is this the average salary for this position? i did not demand about the salary and accepted whatever they offered as I wanted to move forward.

let me know your thoughts.

Thank you in advance

 

[explorer101]

Hi guys,
i'm a new immigrant and was lucky enough to get a job as a QA Analyst. the employer offered me 45k annual salary + benefits. This is a full-time job. I live in Toronto area. Is this the average salary for this position? i did not demand about the salary and accepted whatever they offered as I wanted to move forward.
let me know your thoughts.
Thank you in advance

So, what is your other ID in this forum?

 

[newimmig]

i don't have any other but I've been checking this forum once in a while and have found many interesting topics. I'd like to be in the loop to get direct answers from members' experiences.

 

[coolguy2010]

??????? why other id....?

So, what is your other ID in this forum?

 

[LOUTH]

Hi guys,

i'm a new immigrant and was lucky enough to get a job as a QA Analyst. the employer offered me 45k annual salary + benefits. This is a full-time job. I live in Toronto area. Is this the average salary for this position? i did not demand about the salary and accepted whatever they offered as I wanted to move forward.

let me know your thoughts.

Thank you in advance

As a single person, you may struggle to stay a float with this kind of salary!Salary is always subjective and it really depend on your lifestyle preference.Having said that ,in a big city like Torinto ,you have a lot of choices to make.Be happy that you have a descent job and gaining Canadian experience !

Louth

 

[LOUTH]

So, what is your other ID in this forum?

What has this got to do with this guys question...............???

 

[jaggy999]

Hi guys,

i'm a new immigrant and was lucky enough to get a job as a QA Analyst. the employer offered me 45k annual salary + benefits. This is a full-time job. I live in Toronto area. Is this the average salary for this position? i did not demand about the salary and accepted whatever they offered as I wanted to move forward.

let me know your thoughts.

Thank you in advance

Its low as per industry standards.....even my bro is a Junior QA Analyst and he has much higher salary package.......It maybe bcoz u don't have wrk exp in Canada

 

[LOUTH]

Its low as per industry standards.....even my bro is a Junior QA Analyst and he has much higher salary package.......It maybe bcoz u don't have wrk exp in Canada

Sounds good.So what is the industrial standard salary for QA analyst?
Thanks.

 

[jaggy999]

Sounds good.So what is the industrial standard salary for QA analyst?
Thanks.

$70k per annum and for seniorQA its 90k to 1lakh $

 

[jaggy999]

Programmers are paid much higher than software testers........better to learn programming languages side by side

 

[LOUTH]

$70k per annum and for seniorQA its 90k to 1lakh $

Excellent!
May be "newimmig" needs to give more details of his/her job details.

Thanks,
Louth

 

[newimmig]

Thank you very much guys for all your inputs. Sigh....the salary is low while Toronto is expensive. Nevertheless, I'm happy because I can now move forward. Atleast it's an IT related job. I worked for about 3 months in customer service, earning minimum and nothing but headaches. So when I got this job, i did not think twice about the salary (though it seems low).

My job includes writing test plans/test scripts, testing, documentation. This is my first IT job in Canada. I guess I have to live with it in the meantime to gain experience and for sure there will be better opportunities in the future.

@jaggy999, does your brother have previous QA experience here in Canada? or is it his first?

 

[jaggy999]

Thank you very much guys for all your inputs. Sigh....the salary is low while Toronto is expensive. Nevertheless, I'm happy because I can now move forward. Atleast it's an IT related job. I worked for about 3 months in customer service, earning minimum and nothing but headaches. So when I got this job, i did not think twice about the salary (though it seems low).

My job includes writing test plans/test scripts, testing, documentation. This is my first IT job in Canada. I guess I have to live with it in the meantime to gain experience and for sure there will be better opportunities in the future.

@ jaggy999, does your brother have previous QA experience here in Canada? or is it his first?

Yup.....its a good way to enter and gain exp in IT field....jus do it......u can earn good after a yr or so of exp

My bro does not have prior QA exp.....but he does have workin exp in canada of 2 yrs in bank

 

[newimmig]

Thanks jaggy999. I presume your brother's work in the bank was IT-related somehow? I just want to get a good sense on the salary packages here in Canada for new immigrants. Maybe this thread will be a good reference to new immigrants in the same situation.

 

[jaggy999]

No...it was not IT related at all......he did a course in toronto itself......and luckily got a job