State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Kansas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Kansas, $94,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.9%
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%
Kansas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $94,490
- p25
- $72,750
- p75
- $105,090
- p10
- $57,050
- p90
- $133,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.