State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Nursing Assistants in Washington earn a median of $49,180. In West Virginia, $36,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.9%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.