State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In New Jersey, $46,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.8%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
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
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.