State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Massachusetts, $46,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 3.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.9%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $46,680
- p25
- $44,340
- p75
- $49,800
- p10
- $39,380
- p90
- $57,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.