State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs New Mexico
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In New Mexico, $116,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.4%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
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 Mexico
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $116,580
- p25
- $91,780
- p75
- $132,050
- p10
- $77,760
- p90
- $160,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.