State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Ohio
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Ohio, $98,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.4%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
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%
Ohio
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $98,000
- p25
- $78,380
- p75
- $106,430
- p10
- $60,340
- p90
- $130,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.