State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In District of Columbia, $103,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.7%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+27.6%
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%
District of Columbia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $103,340
- p25
- $80,710
- p75
- $130,920
- p10
- $65,210
- p90
- $144,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.