State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Utah
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Utah, $82,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.5% — not 50.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.7%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+44.5%
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%
Utah
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $82,100
- p25
- $61,530
- p75
- $106,030
- p10
- $45,960
- p90
- $134,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.