State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: New York vs West Virginia
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In West Virginia, $36,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.3%
New York vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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
West Virginia
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $36,720
- p25
- $35,460
- p75
- $38,410
- p10
- $31,060
- p90
- $45,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.