State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Delaware
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Delaware, $106,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Delaware
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $106,060
- p25
- $88,410
- p75
- $131,770
- p10
- $76,750
- p90
- $143,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
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.