State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Rhode Island, $46,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.6%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
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
Rhode Island
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $46,440
- p25
- $44,760
- p75
- $47,460
- p10
- $39,220
- p90
- $54,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.