State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Maine
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Maine, $86,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 49.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.6%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+31.2%
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%
Maine
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $86,050
- p25
- $68,050
- p75
- $100,600
- p10
- $45,730
- p90
- $123,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.