State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Alabama vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Alabama, $34,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.6%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
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
Washington
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,180
- p25
- $46,980
- p75
- $57,930
- p10
- $42,500
- p90
- $62,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.