State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Montana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Montana, $103,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
+19%
Colorado vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
Montana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $103,930
- p25
- $84,050
- p75
- $134,650
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $170,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.