State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Missouri vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Missouri, $37,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.5%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-7.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $37,680
- p25
- $35,400
- p75
- $41,600
- p10
- $31,350
- p90
- $45,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.