Load tester vs tester

The differences between load testers and testers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a load tester has an average salary of $79,584, which is higher than the $65,202 average annual salary of a tester.

The top three skills for a load tester include web application, windows and test cases. The most important skills for a tester are java, test results, and web application.

Load tester vs tester overview

	Load Tester	Tester
Yearly salary	$79,584	$65,202
Hourly rate	$38.26	$31.35
Growth rate	-3%	-
Number of jobs	7,364	52,595
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	45	44
Years of experience	-	4

Load tester vs tester salary

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

	Load Tester	Tester
Average salary	$79,584	$65,202
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $115,000	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 load tester and tester education

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

	Load Tester	Tester
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	-	-

Load tester vs tester demographics

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

	Load Tester	Tester
Average age	45	44
Gender ratio	Male, 82.1% Female, 17.9%	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 11.5% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	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	4%	11%

Differences between load tester and tester duties and responsibilities

Load tester example responsibilities.

Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Parameterize actions and create files using random, sequential and unique options in VUGen.
Involve to run the ETL process to make the data files into stranded file to process the data into control tables.
Execute integration system and regression testing scripts.
Execute extensive data and functionality-driven regression testing, develop test-data in accordance with altering client requests and changes to industry regulations.
Test usability and cross-site security vulnerability functionality of application.

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.

Load tester vs tester skills

Common load tester skills

Web Application, 10%
Windows, 7%
Test Cases, 7%
Test Scenarios, 6%
Mainframe, 5%
Java, 4%

Common tester skills

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