State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Illinois vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Illinois, $104,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $104,910
- p25
- $83,020
- p75
- $130,290
- p10
- $65,480
- p90
- $150,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.