State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Tennessee
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Tennessee, $91,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.4%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
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%
Tennessee
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $91,040
- p25
- $75,570
- p75
- $105,000
- p10
- $61,580
- p90
- $125,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.