State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Rhode Island, $46,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.6%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $46,440
- p25
- $44,760
- p75
- $47,460
- p10
- $39,220
- p90
- $54,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.