State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Massachusetts, $122,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 5.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.3%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $122,210
- p25
- $80,160
- p75
- $141,500
- p10
- $68,050
- p90
- $168,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.