State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs North Carolina
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In North Carolina, $38,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.3%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $38,460
- p25
- $35,950
- p75
- $43,850
- p10
- $30,260
- p90
- $47,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.