State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Utah vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Utah, $82,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.9% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Utah vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $82,100
- p25
- $61,530
- p75
- $106,030
- p10
- $45,960
- p90
- $134,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.