State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: California vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In California, $47,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-4.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $47,630
- p25
- $45,850
- p75
- $54,800
- p10
- $40,110
- p90
- $61,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.