State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Mississippi vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Mississippi, $31,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.8% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.7%
Mississippi vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-24.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $31,520
- p25
- $29,520
- p75
- $35,200
- p10
- $27,050
- p90
- $38,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Oregon
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,830
- p25
- $47,480
- p75
- $59,080
- p10
- $43,210
- p90
- $61,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.