State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Louisiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Louisiana, $66,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.5% — not 92.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+92.7%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+53.5%
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%
Louisiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $66,810
- p25
- $39,830
- p75
- $84,400
- p10
- $36,890
- p90
- $115,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.