State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Arkansas, $34,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
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
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.