State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New Jersey vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In New Jersey, $46,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 3.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.6%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $46,830
- p25
- $43,950
- p75
- $48,760
- p10
- $38,900
- p90
- $55,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.