Quality Assurance Manager
Kelly
Sacramento, CA · $75k–$90k a year · Posted November 5, 2026
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Where Sacramento, CA ranks
Where Sacramento, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Best all-round cities for new graduates68 / 100 · of 100
- #6Best all-round cities for new graduates in the West Coast61 / 100 · of 39
- #7Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast124 jobs · of 47
- #10Best all-round cities for remote workers in the West Coast66 / 100 · of 39
- #11Best cities for junior jobs in California32% · of 54
- #11Cities hosting the most business conferences in the West Coast5 conferences · of 17
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $82,500 a year. Across 232 open quality assurance manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $109,500 to $145,000 and the median is $129,500. That is 36% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial production managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial production managers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Working Parent | Immigrant | Helping scientists answer the question of what's next? Kelly Science & Clinical is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for a direct hire opportunity with a leading specialty pharmaceutical company in Sacramento, CA. If you are driven by the...