State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs New Hampshire
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In New Hampshire, $107,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.2%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+13.1%
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%
New Hampshire
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $107,100
- p25
- $78,960
- p75
- $138,350
- p10
- $56,190
- p90
- $160,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +2%
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.