State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Iowa
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Iowa, $88,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 45.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.3%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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%
Iowa
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $88,590
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $105,930
- p10
- $55,640
- p90
- $126,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.