State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In New Jersey, $46,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 6%.
Nominal pay gap
-6%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
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
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.