State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Minnesota, $46,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.1%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $46,680
- p25
- $40,340
- p75
- $49,330
- p10
- $38,010
- p90
- $55,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.