State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Kansas vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Kansas, $38,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
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
Washington
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,180
- p25
- $46,980
- p75
- $57,930
- p10
- $42,500
- p90
- $62,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.