State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Iowa vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Iowa, $39,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $39,350
- p25
- $37,360
- p75
- $45,650
- p10
- $35,620
- p90
- $47,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.