How much do Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers make in Winston-Salem, NC?

Percentile spread

For Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, the published 10th percentile is $62,170 and the 90th percentile is $122,490. The difference is $60,320, which is 86.9% 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 $69,390 to the 75th at $95,890, covers $26,500.

The mean annual wage is $85,010, which sits above the median of $69,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Winston-Salem, NC median is 33.5% lower than the national median of $104,300 for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,389, which is 27.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 30.9% lower than the North Carolina median of $100,390.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Winston-Salem, NC is 92.043, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $69,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers at $75,389 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers. Winston-Salem, NC ranks 19th of 21 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).).

• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 31 miles away, with a median of $99,340 and employment of 270. That median is 43.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,972, against $75,389 here.
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 65 miles away, with a median of $93,540 and employment of 50. That median is 34.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,712, against $75,389 here.
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 68 miles away, with a median of $81,990 and employment of 3,900. That median is 18.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,224, against $75,389 here.

Employment share

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Winston-Salem, NC (190 of 271,980). 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.