State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Maryland vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Maryland, $111,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $111,100
- p25
- $100,600
- p75
- $140,880
- p10
- $77,270
- p90
- $171,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.