State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Massachusetts, $122,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 1.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.2%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
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%
Massachusetts
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $122,210
- p25
- $80,160
- p75
- $141,500
- p10
- $68,050
- p90
- $168,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.