State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Maine
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Maine, $86,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.4% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.7%
Colorado vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+35.4%
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%
Maine
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $86,050
- p25
- $68,050
- p75
- $100,600
- p10
- $45,730
- p90
- $123,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.