State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Illinois vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Illinois, $45,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.4%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $45,960
- p25
- $39,420
- p75
- $48,380
- p10
- $37,590
- p90
- $54,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.