State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs South Dakota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In South Dakota, $68,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56% — not 81.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+81.6%
Colorado vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+56%
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 Dakota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $68,120
- p25
- $55,400
- p75
- $84,950
- p10
- $47,670
- p90
- $104,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.