State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Alaska vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Alaska, $46,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+0.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $46,370
- p25
- $45,120
- p75
- $52,240
- p10
- $39,450
- p90
- $58,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.