State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Georgia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Georgia, $103,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
+20%
Colorado vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Georgia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $103,040
- p25
- $82,620
- p75
- $125,610
- p10
- $68,130
- p90
- $141,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.