State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs Tennessee
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Tennessee, $37,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.9%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+8.9%
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
Tennessee
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $37,990
- p25
- $35,560
- p75
- $40,880
- p10
- $31,110
- p90
- $44,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.