State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Arkansas vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Arkansas, $34,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.1%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $34,430
- p25
- $30,200
- p75
- $36,070
- p10
- $28,840
- p90
- $39,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.