State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Kansas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Kansas, $94,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
Colorado vs Kansas
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%
Kansas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $94,490
- p25
- $72,750
- p75
- $105,090
- p10
- $57,050
- p90
- $133,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.