The quality salaries database is now available

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💰 In 2025 the community started sharing their salary details with the MoTaverse. We now have a table available of the latest 200 entries available to Professional Members. In 2026 we will continue to gather this data, aim to increase the number of contributions and do some deeper analysis. View the Quality and Software Testing Salaries database.

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c-bug

Hi, thanks for this! I'm a registered user, but $499.99 for a professional membership isn't affordable for me, and I'm sure many others find it cost-prohibitive. Of course, I realize you all work hard to maintain the site and content, but wondering if a lower tier, which includes access to the salary database, has been considered? For example, a membership that includes the Member Slack, the Salary database, etc.- I suspect many more would also add their salaries. Again, thanks!

January 26th

Rosie Sherry

Thanks for the feedback @c-bug. We appreciate it, and I know it seems like an easy ask, but everything we've been working towards in simplifying and bundling to make our membership sustainable, separating out offers based on things that are actually constantly changing makes it too difficult for us to manage.

January 27th