State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs New York
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In New York, $121,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.2%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
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 York
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $121,240
- p25
- $86,260
- p75
- $153,680
- p10
- $58,180
- p90
- $182,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.