State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Oregon vs West Virginia
Nursing Assistants in Oregon earn a median of $49,830. In West Virginia, $36,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Oregon vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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
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.