# Software QA analyst salary by state

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Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers.

United States median: $104,300. 46 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| California | $128,740 | $93,530 | $165,530 |
| Washington | $128,480 | $96,740 | $164,470 |
| Colorado | $123,690 | $96,310 | $143,780 |
| Massachusetts | $122,210 | $80,160 | $141,500 |
| Virginia | $121,590 | $98,120 | $136,870 |
| New York | $121,240 | $86,260 | $153,680 |
| New Jersey | $119,470 | $91,370 | $138,690 |
| New Mexico | $116,580 | $91,780 | $132,050 |
| Maryland | $111,100 | $100,600 | $140,880 |
| Oregon | $108,440 | $79,400 | $146,120 |
| New Hampshire | $107,100 | $78,960 | $138,350 |
| Delaware | $106,060 | $88,410 | $131,770 |
| Illinois | $104,910 | $83,020 | $130,290 |
| Montana | $103,930 | $84,050 | $134,650 |
| District of Columbia | $103,340 | $80,710 | $130,920 |
| Georgia | $103,040 | $82,620 | $125,610 |
| Hawaii | $102,930 | $78,180 | $130,860 |
| Texas | $101,850 | $79,670 | $127,760 |
| Rhode Island | $101,790 | $89,220 | $131,050 |
| Minnesota | $101,700 | $80,610 | $128,450 |
| Alabama | $101,500 | $78,520 | $130,320 |
| Arizona | $100,650 | $77,180 | $124,840 |
| North Carolina | $100,390 | $74,250 | $128,190 |
| Florida | $100,210 | $76,760 | $125,280 |
| Michigan | $98,720 | $74,640 | $115,500 |
| Nebraska | $98,010 | $78,900 | $119,960 |
| Ohio | $98,000 | $78,380 | $106,430 |
| Connecticut | $97,740 | $75,020 | $123,420 |
| South Carolina | $97,500 | $79,990 | $108,340 |
| Kansas | $94,490 | $72,750 | $105,090 |
| Pennsylvania | $93,030 | $69,720 | $113,190 |
| Tennessee | $91,040 | $75,570 | $105,000 |
| Wisconsin | $89,400 | $65,770 | $118,670 |
| Iowa | $88,590 | $76,270 | $105,930 |
| Indiana | $87,020 | $72,290 | $105,800 |
| Maine | $86,050 | $68,050 | $100,600 |
| Missouri | $85,530 | $71,190 | $109,400 |
| North Dakota | $83,920 | $78,520 | $87,380 |
| Utah | $82,100 | $61,530 | $106,030 |
| Mississippi | $79,890 | $61,400 | $99,700 |
| Kentucky | $79,100 | $62,310 | $102,240 |
| Oklahoma | $77,700 | $60,940 | $96,090 |
| Vermont | $76,580 | $65,070 | $104,160 |
| South Dakota | $68,120 | $55,400 | $84,950 |
| Louisiana | $66,810 | $39,830 | $84,400 |
| West Virginia | $62,300 | $48,200 | $102,080 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/software-quality-assurance-analysts-and-testers-15-1253-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/15-1253.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.