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State comparison · 2025

Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs Texas

Occupation

Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Texas, $37,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 29.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
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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Texas

Nursing Assistants

Median
$37,500
p25
$35,300
p75
$43,070
p10
$30,620
p90
$47,500
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.1
See full breakdown for Texas

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.