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Quality Assurance Technician jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 130 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Technician” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is quality assurance.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
130
Most-required skill
quality assurance
Top hiring metro
Columbia City

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Frequently asked questions about Quality Assurance Technician jobs

+How many Quality Assurance Technician jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 130 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Technician” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.

+What skills do Quality Assurance Technician jobs require?

Across Quality Assurance Technician postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are quality assurance, Microsoft Office, food safety, HACCP, corrective actions.

+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Assurance Technician?

As of 2026-09-30, Quality Assurance Technician postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Columbia City, Gilbert, Oklahoma City, Attica, Carrollton.

+Is Quality Assurance Technician a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 130 Quality Assurance Technician postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Assurance Technician postings is quality assurance, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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+What roles do people move into and out of Quality Assurance Technician?

The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.

Weekly indexed Quality Assurance Technician postings — last 90 days

Career paths through Quality Assurance Technician

Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.

Historical career profiles · all locations

152 employer moves kept the same role.

Roles before Quality Assurance Technician

Before Quality Assurance TechnicianQuality Assurance Specialist → Quality Assurance Technician: 24 observed employer movesQuality Control Technician → Quality Assurance Technician: 24 observed employer movesLaboratory Technician → Quality Assurance Technician: 18 observed employer movesQuality Technician → Quality Assurance Technician: 16 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Inspector → Quality Assurance Technician: 14 observed employer movesCustomer Service Representative → Quality Assurance Technician: 12 observed employer movesQualityAssuranceTechnicianQuality Assurance Specialist: 24 movesQuality AssuranceSpecialist24 movesQuality Control Technician: 24 movesQuality ControlTechnician24 movesLaboratory Technician: 18 movesLaboratoryTechnician18 movesQuality Technician: 16 movesQuality Technician16 movesQuality Assurance Inspector: 14 movesQuality AssuranceInspector14 movesCustomer Service Representative: 12 movesCustomer ServiceRepresentative12 moves

Roles after Quality Assurance Technician

After Quality Assurance TechnicianQuality Assurance Technician → Quality Assurance Specialist: 36 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Technician → Quality Assurance Supervisor: 19 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Technician → Quality Assurance: 15 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Technician → Quality Assurance Manager: 14 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Technician → Software Engineer: 13 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Technician → Quality Assurance Analyst: 12 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Technician → Quality Assurance Lead: 11 observed employer movesQualityAssuranceTechnicianQuality Assurance Specialist: 36 movesQuality AssuranceSpecialist36 movesQuality Assurance Supervisor: 19 movesQuality AssuranceSupervisor19 movesQuality Assurance: 15 movesQuality Assurance15 movesQuality Assurance Manager: 14 movesQuality AssuranceManager14 movesSoftware Engineer: 13 movesSoftware Engineer13 movesQuality Assurance Analyst: 12 movesQuality AssuranceAnalyst12 movesQuality Assurance Lead: 11 movesQuality AssuranceLead11 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Quality Assurance Technician (different employer)152
Before: Quality Assurance Specialist24
Before: Quality Control Technician24
Before: Laboratory Technician18
Before: Quality Technician16
Before: Quality Assurance Inspector14
Before: Customer Service Representative12
After: Quality Assurance Technician (different employer)152
After: Quality Assurance Specialist36
After: Quality Assurance Supervisor19
After: Quality Assurance15
After: Quality Assurance Manager14
After: Software Engineer13
After: Quality Assurance Analyst12
After: Quality Assurance Lead11

Skills most often required for Quality Assurance Technician

NamePostingsShare
quality assurance4937.7%
Microsoft Office2216.9%
food safety1813.8%
HACCP1612.3%
corrective actions1511.5%
Root cause analysis1511.5%
calipers1511.5%
standard operating procedures (SOPs)1310.0%
good manufacturing practices (GMP)129.2%
documentation118.5%
quality control107.7%
SAP107.7%
Excel107.7%
micrometers96.9%
Word96.9%

Top companies posting Quality Assurance Technician jobs

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting Quality Assurance Technician jobs
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Regal Rexnord7
Trojan Battery Company6
Strive Pharmacy6
Amcor6
CHG5
Hourly-nationalbeef5
Greenthumbindustries3
Nortekinc3
Reser's Fine Foods3
Surge Staffing3

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring Quality Assurance Technician

NamePostingsShare
Columbia City43.1%
Gilbert43.1%
Oklahoma City43.1%
Attica32.3%
Carrollton21.5%
Dallas21.5%
Dodge City21.5%
Elk Grove21.5%
Fenton21.5%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Quality Assurance Technician”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

role
Quality Assurance Technician
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
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