State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Kansas, $94,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $94,490
- p25
- $72,750
- p75
- $105,090
- p10
- $57,050
- p90
- $133,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.