Quality Assurance Manager
Manufacturing Solutions
Cambridge, MA · $151k–$230k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where Cambridge, MA ranks
Where Cambridge, MA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for healthcare pay after cost of living$180k · of 24
- #1Best cities for director and executive jobs53% · of 100
- #1Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Northeast53% · of 70
- #1Best cities for director and executive jobs in New England53% · of 28
- #2Best cities for life sciences and biotech jobs579 openings · of 41
- #2Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in New England59 jobs · of 14
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 $190,500 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 47% above the median, above 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
...Manufacturing Solutions LLC is the kind of place where a junior's question can change the technology roadmap, and we want a Quality Assurance Manager who asks them. This Cambridge opening trades 6 years and TestCafe for $151,000 - $230,000, then layers on the ownership...