State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Alabama vs Colorado
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Alabama, $101,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Alabama vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $101,500
- p25
- $78,520
- p75
- $130,320
- p10
- $62,670
- p90
- $162,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
Colorado
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $123,690
- p25
- $96,310
- p75
- $143,780
- p10
- $79,780
- p90
- $172,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.