State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Virginia, $121,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 1.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.7%
Colorado vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.2%
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%
Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $121,590
- p25
- $98,120
- p75
- $136,870
- p10
- $78,820
- p90
- $169,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.