State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In New Mexico, $116,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.3%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+5.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $116,580
- p25
- $91,780
- p75
- $132,050
- p10
- $77,760
- p90
- $160,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.