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Highest-paying States for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

The highest-paying states for software quality assurance analysts and testers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of software quality assurance analysts and testers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $124,900, California is the highest paying state for software quality assurance analysts and testers. It is followed by District of Columbia (average annual salary $111,780). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of software quality assurance analysts and testers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	California	$124,900	$66,830	33,160
2	District of Columbia	$111,780	$76,050	780
3	Massachusetts	$110,980	$72,360	4,400
4	Washington	$109,470	$54,080	11,440
5	Maryland	$109,140	$61,480	9,170
6	New Hampshire	$108,280	$58,730	1,030
7	New Jersey	$106,000	$68,490	7,760
8	Virginia	$105,570	$63,890	8,160
9	Delaware	$105,560	$80,000	500
10	Colorado	$104,520	$65,870	5,430
11	New York	$103,360	$65,480	13,070
12	Rhode Island	$101,440	$79,630	180
13	Georgia	$99,820	$62,680	4,770
14	Minnesota	$99,540	$61,870	2,070
15	North Carolina	$97,700	$49,830	8,210
16	Texas	$96,370	$54,470	19,120
17	Alaska	$94,610	$80,290	0
18	Iowa	$93,630	$65,210	1,300
19	Illinois	$91,590	$59,400	7,660
20	Ohio	$87,630	$54,710	5,100
21	Connecticut	$86,250	$50,510	1,200
22	Arizona	$85,310	$53,260	3,380
23	Pennsylvania	$83,660	$49,770	5,830
24	Maine	$83,300	$59,000	320
25	Alabama	$83,150	$49,080	1,430
26	Florida	$82,870	$48,040	11,460
27	Kansas	$81,810	$48,930	1,160
28	Mississippi	$81,640	$43,270	550
29	Indiana	$81,520	$50,180	1,800
30	Oregon	$81,460	$37,530	2,640
31	Michigan	$80,720	$53,400	2,760
32	Nebraska	$80,030	$53,510	1,580
33	New Mexico	$80,000	$53,230	380
34	Wisconsin	$79,960	$54,360	2,550
35	Tennessee	$79,960	$51,360	1,010
36	South Carolina	$79,350	$39,350	1,300
37	Kentucky	$79,290	$43,250	1,300
38	Utah	$76,270	$37,920	2,900
39	North Dakota	$74,980	$32,860	190
40	West Virginia	$74,310	$47,750	110
41	Missouri	$70,930	$46,490	2,610
42	Idaho	$70,160	$33,340	310
43	Vermont	$68,350	$47,600	100
44	Louisiana	$66,590	$43,490	150
45	Montana	$64,210	$50,280	200
46	Nevada	$63,410	$26,550	650
47	South Dakota	$56,180	$42,640	290
48	Oklahoma	$50,320	$29,640	1,070
49	Puerto Rico	$50,010	$31,590	280

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of software quality assurance analysts and testers in those states is not available at this time.

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