State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Indiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Indiana, $87,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.6% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
Colorado vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+28.6%
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%
Indiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $87,020
- p25
- $72,290
- p75
- $105,800
- p10
- $56,900
- p90
- $130,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.