State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Montana vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Montana, $103,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Montana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $103,930
- p25
- $84,050
- p75
- $134,650
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $170,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.