State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Indiana, $87,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.3%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $87,020
- p25
- $72,290
- p75
- $105,800
- p10
- $56,900
- p90
- $130,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.