State comparison · 2025
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Washington earn a median of $128,480. In Wisconsin, $89,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.7%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+26.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Median
- $89,400
- p25
- $65,770
- p75
- $118,670
- p10
- $62,460
- p90
- $161,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.