State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Nebraska, $40,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $40,000
- p25
- $38,030
- p75
- $46,410
- p10
- $37,090
- p90
- $48,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.