State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Utah
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Utah, $82,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 56.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.8%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+40.1%
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%
Utah
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $82,100
- p25
- $61,530
- p75
- $106,030
- p10
- $45,960
- p90
- $134,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.