State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Missouri, $85,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 33.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.4%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $85,530
- p25
- $71,190
- p75
- $109,400
- p10
- $55,030
- p90
- $141,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.