State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Delaware
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Delaware, $106,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.6%
Colorado vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $123,690
- p25
- $96,310
- p75
- $143,780
- p10
- $79,780
- p90
- $172,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Delaware
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $106,060
- p25
- $88,410
- p75
- $131,770
- p10
- $76,750
- p90
- $143,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
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.