# Nursing assistant salary by state

Canonical citation: Wages.fyi — https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/nursing-assistants-31-1131-00

Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Nursing Assistants.

United States median: $42,260. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Oregon | $49,830 | $47,480 | $59,080 |
| Washington | $49,180 | $46,980 | $57,930 |
| New York | $48,590 | $43,760 | $51,980 |
| New Hampshire | $47,870 | $44,890 | $54,400 |
| District of Columbia | $47,700 | $42,400 | $51,850 |
| California | $47,630 | $45,850 | $54,800 |
| Colorado | $47,380 | $44,550 | $49,920 |
| Vermont | $47,130 | $40,850 | $48,940 |
| Maine | $47,070 | $44,200 | $50,190 |
| New Jersey | $46,830 | $43,950 | $48,760 |
| Massachusetts | $46,680 | $44,340 | $49,800 |
| Minnesota | $46,680 | $40,340 | $49,330 |
| Rhode Island | $46,440 | $44,760 | $47,460 |
| Alaska | $46,370 | $45,120 | $52,240 |
| Illinois | $45,960 | $39,420 | $48,380 |
| North Dakota | $45,820 | $36,410 | $47,950 |
| Nevada | $45,490 | $39,100 | $47,990 |
| Hawaii | $45,350 | $40,060 | $50,440 |
| Wisconsin | $45,130 | $39,580 | $47,320 |
| Connecticut | $44,790 | $41,900 | $47,180 |
| Arizona | $44,780 | $38,320 | $46,630 |
| Pennsylvania | $44,590 | $39,270 | $46,850 |
| Maryland | $43,240 | $38,400 | $45,760 |
| Virginia | $43,200 | $37,020 | $46,930 |
| Delaware | $42,030 | $38,490 | $45,210 |
| Montana | $40,900 | $38,040 | $47,550 |
| Nebraska | $40,000 | $38,030 | $46,410 |
| Utah | $39,840 | $37,040 | $44,350 |
| Michigan | $39,570 | $38,160 | $44,910 |
| New Mexico | $39,390 | $37,310 | $45,410 |
| Iowa | $39,350 | $37,360 | $45,650 |
| Wyoming | $39,160 | $37,180 | $47,340 |
| Ohio | $39,010 | $37,300 | $44,590 |
| South Dakota | $38,800 | $36,830 | $43,940 |
| Idaho | $38,650 | $36,300 | $46,250 |
| North Carolina | $38,460 | $35,950 | $43,850 |
| Kentucky | $38,370 | $36,150 | $44,120 |
| Indiana | $38,330 | $37,020 | $44,420 |
| Kansas | $38,010 | $36,210 | $44,170 |
| Tennessee | $37,990 | $35,560 | $40,880 |
| Georgia | $37,680 | $35,490 | $42,980 |
| Missouri | $37,680 | $35,400 | $41,600 |
| Florida | $37,510 | $36,040 | $42,310 |
| Texas | $37,500 | $35,300 | $43,070 |
| South Carolina | $37,220 | $34,960 | $39,690 |
| West Virginia | $36,720 | $35,460 | $38,410 |
| Oklahoma | $35,930 | $32,900 | $38,250 |
| Arkansas | $34,430 | $30,200 | $36,070 |
| Alabama | $34,140 | $30,060 | $36,390 |
| Mississippi | $31,520 | $29,520 | $35,200 |
| Louisiana | $30,510 | $29,070 | $35,100 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/nursing-assistants-31-1131-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/31-1131.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.