State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Illinois, $104,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.9%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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%
Illinois
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $104,910
- p25
- $83,020
- p75
- $130,290
- p10
- $65,480
- p90
- $150,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.