State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Nebraska
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Nebraska, $98,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.4%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
Nebraska
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $98,010
- p25
- $78,900
- p75
- $119,960
- p10
- $64,750
- p90
- $131,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -7%
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.