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State comparison · 2025

Nursing Assistants salary: Kansas vs New York

Occupation

Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Kansas, $38,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 21.8%.

Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kansas

Nursing Assistants

Median
$38,010
p25
$36,210
p75
$44,170
p10
$32,180
p90
$46,980
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
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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
See full breakdown for New York

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.