State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Nebraska
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Nebraska, $98,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.2%
Colorado vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+10.3%
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%
Nebraska
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $98,010
- p25
- $78,900
- p75
- $119,960
- p10
- $64,750
- p90
- $131,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -7%
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.