State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Vermont vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Vermont, $76,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.4%
Vermont vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-34.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Vermont
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $76,580
- p25
- $65,070
- p75
- $104,160
- p10
- $60,480
- p90
- $144,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.