State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Maine vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Maine, $47,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.3%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $47,070
- p25
- $44,200
- p75
- $50,190
- p10
- $39,100
- p90
- $58,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.