State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
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
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
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.