Average Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers Salary in Lexington Park, MD

Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers in Lexington Park, MD earn a median annual salary of $147,520, which is +41.4% compared to the national median. There are 400 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Lexington Park, MD (metro area).

$147,520

Lexington Park, MD median annual wage

$71/hour median

+41.4%

Difference vs national median

National median is $104,300

400

Local employment

5.7 jobs per 1,000 workers

4.73

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $95,860
25th: $102,550
Median: $147,520
75th: $171,810
90th: $217,230

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Lexington Park, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

100.8%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$146,407

Goods: 99.7%
Services: 106.4%
Rents: 103.8%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$166,530	Compare	6,480
Boulder, CO	$136,410	Compare	500
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$134,630	Compare	5,880
Greeley, CO	$134,350	Compare	60
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$133,970	Compare	100
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$130,710	Compare	170

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Lexington Park, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Chief Executives	$260,050	0.49
Physicians, All Other	$218,270	0.78
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$213,780	2.08
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$184,620	1.71
Commercial Pilots	$171,560	2.65
Dentists, General	$170,960	1.19
Industrial Production Managers	$167,040	0.49
Engineers, All Other	$166,230	14.58

Lexington Park, MD has salary data for 262 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers in Lexington Park, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers are projected to change by +10.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.