State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Louisiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Louisiana, $66,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.4% — not 85.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+85.1%
Colorado vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+58.4%
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%
Louisiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $66,810
- p25
- $39,830
- p75
- $84,400
- p10
- $36,890
- p90
- $115,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.