State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Alabama vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Alabama, $34,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.7%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $34,140
- p25
- $30,060
- p75
- $36,390
- p10
- $28,330
- p90
- $38,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New York
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $48,590
- p25
- $43,760
- p75
- $51,980
- p10
- $38,450
- p90
- $59,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.