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State comparison · 2025

Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs South Dakota

Occupation

Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In South Dakota, $38,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 25.2%.

Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2.8%
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
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South Dakota

Nursing Assistants

Median
$38,800
p25
$36,830
p75
$43,940
p10
$31,110
p90
$46,100
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.6
See full breakdown for South Dakota

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.