State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs North Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In North Carolina, $100,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.2%
Colorado vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+12.7%
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%
North Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $100,390
- p25
- $74,250
- p75
- $128,190
- p10
- $61,190
- p90
- $148,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.