State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In West Virginia, $62,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 72.5% — not 106.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+106.2%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+72.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $62,300
- p25
- $48,200
- p75
- $102,080
- p10
- $37,050
- p90
- $127,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.