State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Maryland, $111,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 11.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.3%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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%
Maryland
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $111,100
- p25
- $100,600
- p75
- $140,880
- p10
- $77,270
- p90
- $171,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.