State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In District of Columbia, $103,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
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%
District of Columbia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $103,340
- p25
- $80,710
- p75
- $130,920
- p10
- $65,210
- p90
- $144,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.