State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Iowa
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Iowa, $88,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.6%
Colorado vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+18.9%
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%
Iowa
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $88,590
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $105,930
- p10
- $55,640
- p90
- $126,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.