State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Pennsylvania, $44,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.3%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $44,590
- p25
- $39,270
- p75
- $46,850
- p10
- $37,760
- p90
- $49,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
Washington
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $49,180
- p25
- $46,980
- p75
- $57,930
- p10
- $42,500
- p90
- $62,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.