State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs South Carolina
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In South Carolina, $37,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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
South Carolina
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $37,220
- p25
- $34,960
- p75
- $39,690
- p10
- $30,460
- p90
- $44,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.