State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs New Hampshire
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In New Hampshire, $107,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Colorado vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+16.7%
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%
New Hampshire
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $107,100
- p25
- $78,960
- p75
- $138,350
- p10
- $56,190
- p90
- $160,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +2%
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.