Manual QA engineer cost in Vietnam
Designs and executes test cases by hand, reports and verifies defects. Total employer cost by level, VND, computed .
Hiring a manual QA engineer as an employee in Vietnam costs a median of VND 440,632,812Confidence B a year at senior level.
Each total includes base salary, employer contributions (social security and payroll taxes the employer pays on top of salary), benefits, equipment, recruiting and ramp (the weeks before a new hire works at full productivity).
By level
| Level | Base salary | Total, median | Scenario range | First year | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | VND 308,589,924[1][2] | VND 440,632,812 | VND 423,378,828VND 460,543,157 | VND 486,458,416 | Confidence B |
Sources for the totals in this table (base salary footnotes are on each row): [1] to [19] in the source list below.
Not published: junior and mid-level, fewer sources than the threshold. Reasons.
Where the cost goes
Senior
- Base salary 70.0%
- Employer contributions 16.5%
- Equipment and tooling 6.6%
- Recruiting, amortised over 2.5 years 5.6%
- Onboarding ramp, amortised over 2.5 years 1.3%
Versus contractor and outsourced
| Level | Employee | Employer of record | Contractor | Outsourced | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | VND 440,632,812 | VND 640,270,404 | not published | VND 1,230,432,000 | Confidence B |
Sources for the totals in this table (the shared employee lines and each model's fee or rate): [1] to [27] in the source list below.
- Contractor: No contractor hourly rate for this role in the Southeast Asia region meets the two-source rule.
What is not published and why.
3 of 4 models published. Employee · Contractor and EOR · Outsourced.
Sources
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries. Vietnam - Individual - Other taxes
- Rödl & Partner. Vietnam: increase of statutory base salary
- Vietnam Briefing (Dezan Shira & Associates). Vietnam Raises Statutory Basic Salary From July 2026: Implications for Employers
- Luật sư Việt Nam (journal of the Vietnam Bar Federation). Mỗi người sẽ có bao nhiêu ngày nghỉ phép năm theo quy định tại BLLĐ 2019?
- National Assembly of Vietnam (text copy hosted by Sài Gòn Giải Phóng). Nghị quyết về phát triển văn hóa Việt Nam (Resolution 28/2026/QH16 on developing Vietnamese culture)
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Formula v1.0How each component is computed
version: 1.0
total_annual_cost =
base_salary
+ employer_contributions # statutory rates applied to base with caps; per country
+ mandatory_benefits # 13th or 14th salary, paid leave value above base, mandatory insurance; per country
+ voluntary_benefits # health, pension top-up, meal and transport; market survey medians per country and level; shown as a separate line
+ equipment_and_tooling # laptop amortised over 3 years, licences, test devices for mobile roles; per level and role
+ recruiting_cost_amortised # recruiting cost / expected tenure years; per country, role and model
+ onboarding_ramp # ramp_weeks x weekly cost x (1 - productivity_factor); per level
first_year_cost = total_annual_cost - recruiting_cost_amortised + recruiting_cost - onboarding_ramp_amortised + onboarding_ramp
monthly_cost = total_annual_cost / 12
hourly_equivalent = total_annual_cost / productive_hours
# Defaults (overridable per country in data with a source)
expected_tenure_years: 2.5
productive_hours: 1,700 per year, adjusted by statutory paid leave per country
ramp_weeks: junior 10, mid 6, senior 4
productivity_factor_during_ramp: 0.5
equipment_amortisation_years: 3
# Hiring models
employee: full formula
contractor: contractor_rate x hours + platform_or_eor_fee; no employer_contributions, no mandatory_benefits unless the EOR passes them through (sourced); recruiting as for employee; ramp as for employee
outsourced: published vendor monthly or hourly rate per role and region; no recruiting, no ramp, no equipment; show typical minimum engagement from sources
# Output per combination
p25, median, p75 for each component and for the totals, in local currency and USD at fx.json date; confidence grade; source ids; computedOnFormula v1.0
version: 1.0
total_annual_cost =
base_salary
+ employer_contributions # statutory rates applied to base with caps; per country
+ mandatory_benefits # 13th or 14th salary, paid leave value above base, mandatory insurance; per country
+ voluntary_benefits # health, pension top-up, meal and transport; market survey medians per country and level; shown as a separate line
+ equipment_and_tooling # laptop amortised over 3 years, licences, test devices for mobile roles; per level and role
+ recruiting_cost_amortised # recruiting cost / expected tenure years; per country, role and model
+ onboarding_ramp # ramp_weeks x weekly cost x (1 - productivity_factor); per level
first_year_cost = total_annual_cost - recruiting_cost_amortised + recruiting_cost - onboarding_ramp_amortised + onboarding_ramp
monthly_cost = total_annual_cost / 12
hourly_equivalent = total_annual_cost / productive_hours
# Defaults (overridable per country in data with a source)
expected_tenure_years: 2.5
productive_hours: 1,700 per year, adjusted by statutory paid leave per country
ramp_weeks: junior 10, mid 6, senior 4
productivity_factor_during_ramp: 0.5
equipment_amortisation_years: 3
# Hiring models
employee: full formula
contractor: contractor_rate x hours + platform_or_eor_fee; no employer_contributions, no mandatory_benefits unless the EOR passes them through (sourced); recruiting as for employee; ramp as for employee
outsourced: published vendor monthly or hourly rate per role and region; no recruiting, no ramp, no equipment; show typical minimum engagement from sources
# Output per combination
p25, median, p75 for each component and for the totals, in local currency and USD at fx.json date; confidence grade; source ids; computedOnQuestions
- How much does a manual QA engineer cost in Vietnam?
- Senior: VND 440,632,812 a year at the median, total employer cost, computed 17 October 2026.