State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Rhode Island
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Rhode Island, $101,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.5%
Colorado vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $101,790
- p25
- $89,220
- p75
- $131,050
- p10
- $80,220
- p90
- $136,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +39%
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.