State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In North Carolina, $100,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $100,390
- p25
- $74,250
- p75
- $128,190
- p10
- $61,190
- p90
- $148,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.