State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In South Dakota, $68,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 47%.
Nominal pay gap
-47%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $68,120
- p25
- $55,400
- p75
- $84,950
- p10
- $47,670
- p90
- $104,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.