State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: California vs West Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in California earn a median of $128,740. In West Virginia, $62,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.1% — not 106.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+106.6%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+67.1%
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%
West Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $62,300
- p25
- $48,200
- p75
- $102,080
- p10
- $37,050
- p90
- $127,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.