State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In New Mexico, $116,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.1%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
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 Mexico
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $116,580
- p25
- $91,780
- p75
- $132,050
- p10
- $77,760
- p90
- $160,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.