State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs North Dakota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In North Dakota, $83,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.2% — not 47.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.4%
Colorado vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+27.2%
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 Dakota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $83,920
- p25
- $78,520
- p75
- $87,380
- p10
- $63,060
- p90
- $106,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.