State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs South Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In South Carolina, $97,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.9%
Colorado vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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%
South Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $97,500
- p25
- $79,990
- p75
- $108,340
- p10
- $50,070
- p90
- $135,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.