State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Michigan
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Michigan, $98,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.3%
Colorado vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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%
Michigan
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $98,720
- p25
- $74,640
- p75
- $115,500
- p10
- $52,460
- p90
- $135,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.