How much do Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers make in Bozeman, MT?

Percentile spread

For Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, the published 10th percentile is $68,390 and the 90th percentile is $186,380. The difference is $117,990, which is 92.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $94,750 to the 75th at $166,290, covers $71,540.

The mean annual wage is $127,990, which sits above the median of $127,590. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bozeman, MT median is 22.3% higher than the national median of $104,300 for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $124,466, which is 19.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.8% higher than the Montana median of $103,930.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bozeman, MT is 102.510, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $127,590 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers at $124,466 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Bozeman, MT (50 of 72,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (186,740 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.