State comparison · 2024
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Alaska vs California
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Alaska, $103,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $103,160
- p25
- $103,160
- p75
- $104,170
- p10
- $103,160
- p90
- $104,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $128,740
- p25
- $93,530
- p75
- $165,530
- p10
- $65,890
- p90
- $201,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. 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.