Beta tester vs tester

The differences between beta testers and testers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a beta tester and a tester. Additionally, a beta tester has an average salary of $104,650, which is higher than the $65,202 average annual salary of a tester.

The top three skills for a beta tester include beta test, video games and data verification. The most important skills for a tester are java, test results, and web application.

Beta tester vs tester overview

	Beta Tester	Tester
Yearly salary	$104,650	$65,202
Hourly rate	$50.31	$31.35
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	6,855	52,595
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Beta tester vs tester salary

Beta testers and testers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Beta Tester	Tester
Average salary	$104,650	$65,202
Salary range	Between $73,000 And $148,000	Between $42,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Maryland
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between beta tester and tester education

There are a few differences between a beta tester and a tester in terms of educational background:

	Beta Tester	Tester
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Beta tester vs tester demographics

Here are the differences between beta testers' and testers' demographics:

	Beta Tester	Tester
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 77.3% Female, 22.7%	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between beta tester and tester duties and responsibilities

Beta tester example responsibilities.

Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Conduct QA, software maintenance, on-site and off-site customer support.
Communicate numerous glitches to the primary QA team using in-depth reporting and research methodologies.
Understand OCAP specification with focus on DVR API of IO2 and IO3 on subsections.
Used several encryption/decryption protocol modules from a python library.
Test website functionality & usability and make recommendations to site developer.

Tester example responsibilities.

Manage requirements and maintain test repository using QC.
Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Network scanning using tools like NMap and Nessus.
Perform unit testing using Junit for class, method, & web services testing.
Perform functionality testing, UI testing, integration testing, regression testing, system testing and browser compatibility testing.
Analyze new test cases or test cases from regression test suites store in ALM to pick the automation candidates.

Beta tester vs tester skills

Common beta tester skills

Beta Test, 75%
Video Games, 3%
Data Verification, 2%
Windows XP, 2%
IOS, 2%
QA, 2%

Common tester skills

Java, 10%
Test Results, 5%
Web Application, 4%
Test Scripts, 4%
QA, 4%
Regression, 4%