State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New Mexico vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In New Mexico, $39,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
New Mexico vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $39,390
- p25
- $37,310
- p75
- $45,410
- p10
- $34,110
- p90
- $48,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.