State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs South Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In South Carolina, $97,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
+32%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
South Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $97,500
- p25
- $79,990
- p75
- $108,340
- p10
- $50,070
- p90
- $135,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- 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.