State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In Tennessee, $37,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.