State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Pennsylvania, $93,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 27.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.6%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $93,030
- p25
- $69,720
- p75
- $113,190
- p10
- $58,970
- p90
- $133,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.