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