State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Indiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Indiana, $87,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 47.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.9%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+24.7%
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%
Indiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $87,020
- p25
- $72,290
- p75
- $105,800
- p10
- $56,900
- p90
- $130,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.