State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Kentucky, $79,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.4%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $79,100
- p25
- $62,310
- p75
- $102,240
- p10
- $44,290
- p90
- $128,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.