State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Arizona vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Arizona, $44,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.9%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $44,780
- p25
- $38,320
- p75
- $46,630
- p10
- $37,100
- p90
- $57,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.