State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Arizona vs Colorado
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Arizona, $100,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.6%
Arizona vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $100,650
- p25
- $77,180
- p75
- $124,840
- p10
- $63,920
- p90
- $143,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.