Quality assurance analyst vs specialist

The differences between quality assurance analysts and specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a quality assurance analyst, becoming a specialist takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a quality assurance analyst has an average salary of $73,532, which is higher than the $58,013 average annual salary of a specialist.

The top three skills for a quality assurance analyst include QA, regression and manual test cases. The most important skills for a specialist are patients, customer service, and work ethic.

Quality assurance analyst vs specialist overview

	Quality Assurance Analyst	Specialist
Yearly salary	$73,532	$58,013
Hourly rate	$35.35	$27.89
Growth rate	-	10%
Number of jobs	108,078	358,433
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	44	42
Years of experience	4	2

What does a quality assurance analyst do?

Quality Administrators are responsible for managing the quality processes of an organization. Their duties include creating data collection processes, conducting data cleansing, tracks quality milestones, and develop training programs for internal teams. They undertake daily audits, work with the quality coordinator to determine root cause, and assist with feedback and complaints. Quality administrators also write daily reports for purchase orders that are overdue, open service jobs, quotations needing to follow up, unconfirmed hires, and processed sales orders.

What does a specialist do?

Specialists are employees who are responsible for specific tasks or activities in the department they are assigned to. The actions or tasks they work on are related to their educational background or work experiences. They are usually highly skilled in specializations related to the work they are assigned to. Specialists are also highly trained on the competencies that are required of their specialty. As such, they are focused on the skills and competencies that are needed to enhance their experience in their specific field further.

Quality assurance analyst vs specialist salary

Quality assurance analysts and specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Quality Assurance Analyst	Specialist
Average salary	$73,532	$58,013
Salary range	Between $57,000 And $93,000	Between $32,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Jersey City, NJ
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	Meta	The Citadel
Best paying industry	Retail	-

Differences between quality assurance analyst and specialist education

There are a few differences between a quality assurance analyst and a specialist in terms of educational background:

	Quality Assurance Analyst	Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Quality assurance analyst vs specialist demographics

Here are the differences between quality assurance analysts' and specialists' demographics:

	Quality Assurance Analyst	Specialist
Average age	44	42
Gender ratio	Male, 48.9% Female, 51.1%	Male, 47.5% Female, 52.5%
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, 11.4% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 10.5% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between quality assurance analyst and specialist duties and responsibilities

Quality assurance analyst example responsibilities.

Develop processes within JIRA to manage the testing and weekly releases of new content for the Ralph Lauren content management system.
Work with providers and Medicare or Medicaid entities to validate EDI transaction sets.
Design test cases to rigorously test complex Medicare reimbursement funding and co-pay scenarios dealing with prescriptions.
Prepare test documents such as test scenarios, test conditions and test scripts on TFS with respect to the requirements.
Involve in preparation of API test plan and test data for all the return values base on the input data.
Perform testing of pharmaceutical industry web application for functionality develop in Java and HTML.

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Specialist example responsibilities.

Create, manage, and assist users with SharePoint sites.
Manage an on-site IRB and company good clinical practice (GCP) inspection.
Manage SharePoint sites by creating, editing, and customizing company sites, libraries and security.
Manage the building of accounts, assigning of static IP's, and scheduling of business class installations.
Convert servers from UNIX to Linux, all hardware diagnostics and repair including printers/plotters/desktops etc.
Follow safety procedures such as maintenance of all equipment (Telxon scanners, terminals and ladders).

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Quality assurance analyst vs specialist skills

Common quality assurance analyst skills

QA, 9%
Regression, 5%
Manual Test Cases, 5%
Test Scripts, 5%
Test Results, 4%
Java, 4%

Common specialist skills

Patients, 15%
Customer Service, 11%
Work Ethic, 5%
Patient Care, 4%
Exceptional Client, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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