State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Oklahoma
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Oklahoma, $77,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 59.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.2%
Colorado vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+35.6%
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%
Oklahoma
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $77,700
- p25
- $60,940
- p75
- $96,090
- p10
- $46,950
- p90
- $121,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.