State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Kansas vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Kansas, $38,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.7%
Kansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
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
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.