State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Mississippi
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Mississippi, $79,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.6% — not 54.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.8%
Colorado vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+30.6%
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%
Mississippi
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $79,890
- p25
- $61,400
- p75
- $99,700
- p10
- $45,770
- p90
- $126,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +80%
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.