State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Ohio
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Ohio, $98,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.2%
Colorado vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
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%
Ohio
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $98,000
- p25
- $78,380
- p75
- $106,430
- p10
- $60,340
- p90
- $130,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.