State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Mississippi
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Mississippi, $79,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 61.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.1%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+26.6%
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%
Mississippi
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $79,890
- p25
- $61,400
- p75
- $99,700
- p10
- $45,770
- p90
- $126,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +80%
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.