State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: North Carolina vs Oregon
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In North Carolina, $38,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
North Carolina vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $38,460
- p25
- $35,950
- p75
- $43,850
- p10
- $30,260
- p90
- $47,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
Oregon
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,830
- p25
- $47,480
- p75
- $59,080
- p10
- $43,210
- p90
- $61,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.