State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs Vermont
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In Vermont, $76,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.8% — not 68.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.1%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+48.8%
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%
Vermont
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $76,580
- p25
- $65,070
- p75
- $104,160
- p10
- $60,480
- p90
- $144,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.