State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Delaware vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Delaware, $42,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.5%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.4%
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
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.