State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Indiana vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Indiana, $38,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $38,330
- p25
- $37,020
- p75
- $44,420
- p10
- $35,390
- p90
- $46,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.