State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In Tennessee, $37,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.2%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
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
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.