State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Idaho vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Idaho, $38,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $38,650
- p25
- $36,300
- p75
- $46,250
- p10
- $28,380
- p90
- $47,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.