State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Alaska vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Alaska, $46,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.7%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.5%
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
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.