State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Oregon vs South Dakota
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In South Dakota, $38,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
Oregon vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.