State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Kansas vs New York
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
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.