State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Vermont
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Vermont, $76,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.5% — not 61.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.5%
Colorado vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+53.5%
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%
Vermont
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $76,580
- p25
- $65,070
- p75
- $104,160
- p10
- $60,480
- p90
- $144,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.