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State comparison · 2025

Nursing Assistants salary: Arkansas vs New York

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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
See full breakdown for Arkansas

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
See full breakdown for New York

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.