State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Delaware, $106,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.5%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $106,060
- p25
- $88,410
- p75
- $131,770
- p10
- $76,750
- p90
- $143,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $128,480
- p25
- $96,740
- p75
- $164,470
- p10
- $74,180
- p90
- $202,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.