State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New Mexico vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In New Mexico, $39,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
-21%
New Mexico vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
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
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.