State comparison · 2024
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Alaska, $103,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-16%
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
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 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.