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State comparison · 2025

Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs Pennsylvania

Occupation

Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Pennsylvania, $44,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 9%.

Nominal pay gap
+9%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
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
See full breakdown for New York

Pennsylvania

Nursing Assistants

Median
$44,590
p25
$39,270
p75
$46,850
p10
$37,760
p90
$49,360
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.6
See full breakdown for Pennsylvania

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.