State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Maryland vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Maryland, $43,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 12.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $43,240
- p25
- $38,400
- p75
- $45,760
- p10
- $36,060
- p90
- $49,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.