Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance Specialist

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

Specializes in the prevention of faults in manufactured products and solutions.

Job Outlook

There were 555 Quality Assurance Specialist job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 12034 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Quality Inspector / Technician industry, which includes the Quality Assurance Specialist career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2012:

Salary

Many new Quality Assurance Specialist jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $57,334.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $57,007.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Quality Assurance Specialist postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $45,383.

Education and Experience

Posted Quality Assurance Specialist jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentageAssociate’s Degree8%Bachelor’s Degree51%Master’s Degree8%Doctoral Degree0%Other32%

Posted Quality Assurance Specialist jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage0 to 2 years44%3 to 5 years42%6 to 8 years8%9+ years6%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Quality Assurance Specialist positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

• Communication Skills (44%)
• Detail-Oriented (27%)
• Problem Solving (26%)
• Microsoft Excel (25%)
• Microsoft Office (23%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

• Quality Assurance and Control (97%)
• Quality Management (40%)
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) (24%)
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) (21%)
• Batch Records (15%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

• Vaccination (13%)
• Internal Auditing (11%)
• Project Management (10%)
• Customer Service (9%)
• Process Improvement (9%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

• Record Review (6%)
• Food Safety (4%)
• ISO 9001 Standards (4%)
• Following SOPs (4%)
• FDA Regulations (4%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Quality Assurance Specialist skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

• Quality Assurance Specialist II
• Quality Assurance Specialist I
• Senior Quality Assurance Specialist
• Director, Technical Quality Assurance

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Quality Assurance Specialist jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

• Defense Contract Management Agency (193)
• Regeneron (147)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (144)
• Organon (142)
• Merck & Company (127)

North Carolina

• Novo Nordisk (42)
• UNC Health Care System (34)
• Kbi Biopharma (19)
• Merck & Company (17)
• Pharmallies (15)