State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: New Hampshire vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In New Hampshire, $107,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
New Hampshire vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Hampshire
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $107,100
- p25
- $78,960
- p75
- $138,350
- p10
- $56,190
- p90
- $160,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +2%
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.