State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs New York
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In New York, $121,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
+2%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+6.8%
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 York
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $121,240
- p25
- $86,260
- p75
- $153,680
- p10
- $58,180
- p90
- $182,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.