State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Pennsylvania
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Pennsylvania, $93,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
+33%
Colorado vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+25.9%
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%
Pennsylvania
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $93,030
- p25
- $69,720
- p75
- $113,190
- p10
- $58,970
- p90
- $133,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.