State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Missouri vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Missouri, $37,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.4%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
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
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.