State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Kentucky
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Kentucky, $79,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 56.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.4%
Colorado vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+36.8%
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%
Kentucky
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $79,100
- p25
- $62,310
- p75
- $102,240
- p10
- $44,290
- p90
- $128,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- 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.