State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Minnesota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Minnesota, $101,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Colorado vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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%
Minnesota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $101,700
- p25
- $80,610
- p75
- $128,450
- p10
- $66,090
- p90
- $137,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.