SOC 15-1253 · Computer and Mathematical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers make in Toledo, OH?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Toledo, OH is $94,160. The 10th percentile is $44,360 and the 90th percentile is $129,280. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$94,160

10th percentile
$44,360
25th percentile
$61,840
Median
$94,160
75th percentile
$104,060
90th percentile
$129,280
Mean
$90,690

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, the published 10th percentile is $44,360 and the 90th percentile is $129,280. The difference is $84,920, which is 90.2% 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 $61,840 to the 75th at $104,060, covers $42,220.

The mean annual wage is $90,690, which sits below the median of $94,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Toledo, OH median is 9.7% lower than the national median of $104,300 for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $102,958, which is 1.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.9% lower than the Ohio median of $98,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Toledo, OH is 91.455, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $94,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers at $102,958 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. Toledo, OH ranks 6th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $97,250 and employment of 260. That median is 3.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $96,402, against $102,958 here.
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 85 miles away, with a median of $102,390 and employment of 2,140. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $102,086, against $102,958 here.
  • Fort Wayne, IN is 87 miles away, with a median of $79,710 and employment of 80. That median is 15.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,106, against $102,958 here.

Employment share

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Toledo, OH (80 of 291,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.12% of employment (186,740 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.23 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers make in Toledo, OH?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Toledo, OH is $94,160. The 10th percentile is $44,360 and the 90th percentile is $129,280. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers?

The local median is 9.7% lower than the national median of $104,300.

What is Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers pay in Toledo, OH after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Toledo, OH is 91.455, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $94,160 is $102,958. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Toledo, OH compare with nearby metros for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers?

Ann Arbor, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 50 miles away, at $97,250. Toledo, OH ranks 6th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.