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Is $12/hour the normal rate for QA? Seems kinda low, but I'm nm - new to this

Posted: Apr 26, 2012

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$12 IS very low for QA! - SRR

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I would not work for $12.00 for QA. Many, many companies pay way more than that.

I was making $16.35/hour for QA in 2003 (almost 10 years ago) - sad where our career has gone...

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I don't do QA anymore - I make more money typing if/when I can stay focused.

The industry is changing and a lot of companies - dont pay QA by the hour anymore..sm

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They pay them by the line, which is not always good if it's only 3 cents per line.

$12.00 is LOW? - MT2long

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Try making 2.00 an hour 4cpl ASR. 12.00 too low. You should be HAPPY to get near 12.00 an hour. Sheesh!

really? $2/hour? - anon

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if you are truly making only $2/hr at 4cpl SR you may need to look at another line of work. 4cpl is low, but I think even entry-level ppl can do 200 lines/hr of SR ($8).

$2 would be only 50 lines in an hour... most 3min reports are around 50 lines depending on dictator.

It said $12 not $2 - nm

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no it didn't... said they make $2, would be happy with 12 nt - anon

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Woops. My bad. I thought you were replying to the - sm

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OP. My apologies:)

I didn't mean to upset you, but surely you make more than $2/hour. sm - new to this

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I do not have to do VR right now, but when I did, I was doing around 350-375 lph @ 5cpl, and straight typing I make around $24/hour, so the QA pay seemed low, but I have never worked QA before.

Again, I didn't mean to upset you. I made $2/hour back in 1975 but couldn't do it now. :(

Only if people get despirate and take $12, which lowers everyone's pay - KT

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That is the problem with the industry right now. Some people are feeling desperate and are willing to take low, low wages, which is lowering the wages for everyone. That is way too low for QA. If they cant find anyone to take that wage, they will raise it. They cannot get good help for that money.

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