State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Colorado vs Wisconsin
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Colorado earn a median of $123,690. In Wisconsin, $89,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.4%
Colorado vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+26.3%
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%
Wisconsin
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $89,400
- p25
- $65,770
- p75
- $118,670
- p10
- $62,460
- p90
- $161,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.