State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Mississippi, $31,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.9%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
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
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.