State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Oklahoma, $77,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 65.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.7%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+31.4%
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%
Oklahoma
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $77,700
- p25
- $60,940
- p75
- $96,090
- p10
- $46,950
- p90
- $121,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.