State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Arkansas vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Arkansas, $34,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.9%
Arkansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
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
Oregon
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,830
- p25
- $47,480
- p75
- $59,080
- p10
- $43,210
- p90
- $61,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.