State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Iowa vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Iowa, $39,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
-21%
Iowa vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
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
Oregon
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,830
- p25
- $47,480
- p75
- $59,080
- p10
- $43,210
- p90
- $61,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.