State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Alabama vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Alabama, $34,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Alabama vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
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
Oregon
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,830
- p25
- $47,480
- p75
- $59,080
- p10
- $43,210
- p90
- $61,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.