State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Missouri vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Missouri, $37,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Missouri vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-13.9%
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
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.