State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Virginia vs Washington
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Virginia, $121,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.4%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $121,590
- p25
- $98,120
- p75
- $136,870
- p10
- $78,820
- p90
- $169,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.