State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Massachusetts, $122,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.9%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $122,210
- p25
- $80,160
- p75
- $141,500
- p10
- $68,050
- p90
- $168,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.