State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Texas, $101,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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%
Texas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $101,850
- p25
- $79,670
- p75
- $127,760
- p10
- $59,010
- p90
- $153,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.