State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In New Jersey, $119,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.6% — not 7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $119,470
- p25
- $91,370
- p75
- $138,690
- p10
- $70,150
- p90
- $168,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- 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.