State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In New Mexico, $39,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
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
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.