State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs West Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In West Virginia, $62,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 72.3% — not 98.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+98.5%
Colorado vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+72.3%
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%
West Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $62,300
- p25
- $48,200
- p75
- $102,080
- p10
- $37,050
- p90
- $127,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.