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State comparison · 2025

Nursing Assistants salary: Delaware vs New York

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Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Delaware, $42,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 13.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Delaware

Nursing Assistants

Median
$42,030
p25
$38,490
p75
$45,210
p10
$36,530
p90
$48,080
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
99.8
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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.