State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Missouri
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Missouri, $85,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Colorado vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+27.4%
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%
Missouri
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $85,530
- p25
- $71,190
- p75
- $109,400
- p10
- $55,030
- p90
- $141,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.