Nursing Assistants Salary

Median Salary
$42,260
per year
Hourly Rate
$20.32
per hour
Employment
1,448,910
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$33,940
25th percentile
$37,260
Median
$42,260
75th percentile
$47,220
90th percentile
$51,980

💰 Nursing Assistants Salary by State

StateMedianvs. National
Oregon$49,830+17.9%
Washington$49,180+16.4%
New York$48,590+15.0%
New Hampshire$47,870+13.3%
District of Columbia$47,700+12.9%
California$47,630+12.7%
Colorado$47,380+12.1%
Vermont$47,130+11.5%
Maine$47,070+11.4%
New Jersey$46,830+10.8%
Massachusetts$46,680+10.5%
Minnesota$46,680+10.5%
Rhode Island$46,440+9.9%
Alaska$46,370+9.7%
Illinois$45,960+8.8%
North Dakota$45,820+8.4%
Nevada$45,490+7.6%
Hawaii$45,350+7.3%
Wisconsin$45,130+6.8%
Connecticut$44,790+6.0%
Arizona$44,780+6.0%
Pennsylvania$44,590+5.5%
Maryland$43,240+2.3%
Virginia$43,200+2.2%
Delaware$42,030-0.5%
Montana$40,900-3.2%
Nebraska$40,000-5.3%
Utah$39,840-5.7%
Michigan$39,570-6.4%
New Mexico$39,390-6.8%
Iowa$39,350-6.9%
Wyoming$39,160-7.3%
Ohio$39,010-7.7%
South Dakota$38,800-8.2%
Idaho$38,650-8.5%
North Carolina$38,460-9.0%
Kentucky$38,370-9.2%
Indiana$38,330-9.3%
Kansas$38,010-10.1%
Tennessee$37,990-10.1%
Georgia$37,680-10.8%
Missouri$37,680-10.8%
Florida$37,510-11.2%
Texas$37,500-11.3%
South Carolina$37,220-11.9%
West Virginia$36,720-13.1%
Oklahoma$35,930-15.0%
Arkansas$34,430-18.5%
Alabama$34,140-19.2%
Mississippi$31,520-25.4%
Louisiana$30,510-27.8%

🏙️ Nursing Assistants Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$56,840+34.5%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$56,080+32.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$51,990+23.0%
Napa, CA$50,370+19.2%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$50,350+19.1%
Bend, OR$50,080+18.5%
Boulder, CO$49,860+18.0%
Grants Pass, OR$49,770+17.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$49,270+16.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$49,240+16.5%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$49,160+16.3%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$49,110+16.2%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$49,020+16.0%
Vallejo, CA$48,900+15.7%
Vineland, NJ$48,890+15.7%
Salinas, CA$48,870+15.6%
Salem, OR$48,840+15.6%
Corvallis, OR$48,830+15.5%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$48,570+14.9%
Albany, OR$48,550+14.9%
Barnstable Town, MA$48,520+14.8%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$48,520+14.8%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$48,320+14.3%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$48,190+14.0%
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,180+14.0%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$48,070+13.7%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$48,060+13.7%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$48,060+13.7%
Bellingham, WA$48,040+13.7%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$48,020+13.6%
Walla Walla, WA$47,990+13.6%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$47,940+13.4%
Medford, OR$47,890+13.3%
Longview-Kelso, WA$47,830+13.2%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$47,630+12.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$47,590+12.6%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$47,510+12.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$47,380+12.1%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$47,240+11.8%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$47,130+11.5%
Yakima, WA$47,080+11.4%
Sheboygan, WI$47,050+11.3%
Bangor, ME$46,970+11.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$46,940+11.1%
Carson City, NV$46,880+10.9%
Rochester, MN$46,840+10.8%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$46,840+10.8%
Visalia, CA$46,810+10.8%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$46,800+10.7%
Reno, NV$46,760+10.6%
Bismarck, ND$46,720+10.6%
Greeley, CO$46,670+10.4%
Pittsfield, MA$46,620+10.3%
Modesto, CA$46,550+10.2%
Santa Fe, NM$46,530+10.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$46,530+10.1%
Mankato, MN$46,430+9.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,430+9.9%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$46,400+9.8%
Chico, CA$46,380+9.7%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$46,330+9.6%
Cheyenne, WY$46,320+9.6%
Bozeman, MT$46,220+9.4%
Kenosha, WI$46,220+9.4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$46,220+9.4%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$46,130+9.2%
Yuba City, CA$46,130+9.2%
Colorado Springs, CO$46,120+9.1%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$46,110+9.1%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$45,980+8.8%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$45,980+8.8%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$45,970+8.8%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$45,740+8.2%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$45,730+8.2%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$45,730+8.2%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$45,710+8.2%
Worcester, MA$45,710+8.2%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$45,690+8.1%
Ithaca, NY$45,640+8.0%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$45,560+7.8%
Reading, PA$45,530+7.7%
Battle Creek, MI$45,470+7.6%
Anchorage, AK$45,370+7.4%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$45,350+7.3%
Lebanon, PA$45,340+7.3%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$45,290+7.2%
Pueblo, CO$45,270+7.1%
Chambersburg, PA$45,260+7.1%
Madison, WI$45,260+7.1%
Urban Honolulu, HI$45,260+7.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$45,180+6.9%
New Haven, CT$45,030+6.6%
Grand Junction, CO$44,980+6.4%
Lancaster, PA$44,890+6.2%
Redding, CA$44,880+6.2%
Appleton, WI$44,760+5.9%
Springfield, MA$44,740+5.9%
Merced, CA$44,730+5.8%
Fresno, CA$44,710+5.8%
Kingston, NY$44,710+5.8%
El Centro, CA$44,670+5.7%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$44,590+5.5%
Flagstaff, AZ$44,580+5.5%
Ann Arbor, MI$44,570+5.5%
York-Hanover, PA$44,530+5.4%
Fond du Lac, WI$44,490+5.3%
Binghamton, NY$44,410+5.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$44,360+5.0%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$44,340+4.9%
Lexington Park, MD$44,270+4.8%
Duluth, MN-WI$44,250+4.7%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$44,210+4.6%
Charlottesville, VA$44,140+4.4%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$43,980+4.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$43,940+4.0%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$43,940+4.0%
Lynchburg, VA$43,660+3.3%
Wausau, WI$43,660+3.3%
Utica-Rome, NY$43,560+3.1%
Ames, IA$43,540+3.0%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$43,510+3.0%
Green Bay, WI$43,450+2.8%
Bloomington, IL$43,180+2.2%
Eau Claire, WI$43,150+2.1%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$43,140+2.1%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$43,080+1.9%
Pittsburgh, PA$43,080+1.9%
Peoria, IL$43,040+1.8%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$43,010+1.8%
Columbus, OH$42,970+1.7%
Syracuse, NY$42,940+1.6%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$42,770+1.2%
Richmond, VA$42,720+1.1%
Tucson, AZ$42,560+0.7%
Gettysburg, PA$42,520+0.6%
Helena, MT$42,520+0.6%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$42,490+0.5%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$42,220-0.1%
Decatur, IL$41,990-0.6%
Traverse City, MI$41,900-0.9%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$41,870-0.9%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$41,670-1.4%
Dubuque, IA$41,580-1.6%
Gainesville, GA$41,390-2.1%
Columbia, MO$41,290-2.3%
Niles, MI$41,070-2.8%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$40,560-4.0%
St. George, UT$40,520-4.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$40,510-4.1%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$40,350-4.5%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$40,260-4.7%
Asheville, NC$40,170-4.9%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$40,160-5.0%
Rockford, IL$40,140-5.0%
St. Cloud, MN$40,130-5.0%
Jackson, MI$40,080-5.2%
Springfield, IL$40,070-5.2%
Rochester, NY$40,050-5.2%
Spartanburg, SC$40,050-5.2%
Omaha, NE-IA$40,020-5.3%
Winchester, VA-WV$39,970-5.4%
Albuquerque, NM$39,950-5.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,950-5.5%
Fargo, ND-MN$39,940-5.5%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$39,900-5.6%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$39,890-5.6%
Williamsport, PA$39,830-5.8%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$39,820-5.8%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$39,790-5.8%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$39,730-6.0%
Kansas City, MO-KS$39,710-6.0%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$39,710-6.0%
Toledo, OH$39,700-6.1%
Dover, DE$39,600-6.3%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$39,510-6.5%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$39,500-6.5%
Greenville, NC$39,480-6.6%
State College, PA$39,440-6.7%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$39,430-6.7%
Erie, PA$39,430-6.7%
Saginaw, MI$39,400-6.8%
Farmington, NM$39,390-6.8%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$39,380-6.8%
Mansfield, OH$39,380-6.8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$39,350-6.9%
Midland, MI$39,340-6.9%
Great Falls, MT$39,330-6.9%
Iowa City, IA$39,330-6.9%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$39,260-7.1%
Akron, OH$39,250-7.1%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$39,230-7.2%
Boise City, ID$39,220-7.2%
Flint, MI$39,190-7.3%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$39,190-7.3%
Billings, MT$39,150-7.4%
Cedar Rapids, IA$39,110-7.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL$39,110-7.5%
Burlington, NC$39,090-7.5%
Owensboro, KY$39,020-7.7%
Cleveland, OH$39,010-7.7%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$38,990-7.7%
Roanoke, VA$38,960-7.8%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$38,940-7.9%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$38,930-7.9%
Grand Island, NE$38,880-8.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$38,880-8.0%
Altoona, PA$38,870-8.0%
Lewiston, ID-WA$38,870-8.0%
Harrisonburg, VA$38,830-8.1%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$38,810-8.2%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$38,790-8.2%
Johnstown, PA$38,760-8.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$38,760-8.3%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$38,740-8.3%
Salisbury, MD$38,740-8.3%
Casper, WY$38,730-8.4%
Topeka, KS$38,720-8.4%
Twin Falls, ID$38,670-8.5%
Winston-Salem, NC$38,660-8.5%
Lincoln, NE$38,650-8.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$38,550-8.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$38,550-8.8%
Missoula, MT$38,550-8.8%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$38,550-8.8%
Goldsboro, NC$38,540-8.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$38,530-8.8%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$38,530-8.8%
Lawrence, KS$38,520-8.8%
Rapid City, SD$38,500-8.9%
Ogden, UT$38,480-8.9%
Savannah, GA$38,450-9.0%
Monroe, MI$38,420-9.1%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$38,400-9.1%
Bowling Green, KY$38,340-9.3%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$38,340-9.3%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$38,320-9.3%
Bay City, MI$38,260-9.5%
Columbus, IN$38,260-9.5%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$38,260-9.5%
Kokomo, IN$38,250-9.5%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$38,150-9.7%
Elizabethtown, KY$38,030-10.0%
Springfield, OH$38,020-10.0%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$38,010-10.1%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$38,010-10.1%
Knoxville, TN$38,000-10.1%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,970-10.2%
Elmira, NY$37,960-10.2%
Sandusky, OH$37,910-10.3%
Kankakee, IL$37,900-10.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$37,870-10.4%
Paducah, KY-IL$37,860-10.4%
Yuma, AZ$37,860-10.4%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,850-10.4%
Canton-Massillon, OH$37,840-10.5%
Jacksonville, FL$37,760-10.6%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$37,760-10.6%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$37,730-10.7%
Idaho Falls, ID$37,720-10.7%
Wilmington, NC$37,710-10.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,690-10.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$37,690-10.8%
Rocky Mount, NC$37,650-10.9%
Morristown, TN$37,620-11.0%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$37,550-11.1%
Fayetteville, NC$37,530-11.2%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$37,510-11.2%
Warner Robins, GA$37,500-11.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$37,470-11.3%
Abilene, TX$37,460-11.4%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$37,430-11.4%
Columbia, SC$37,400-11.5%
Las Cruces, NM$37,400-11.5%
Lima, OH$37,360-11.6%
Clarksville, TN-KY$37,320-11.7%
Johnson City, TN$37,310-11.7%
Waco, TX$37,290-11.8%
Wichita, KS$37,290-11.8%
Virgin Islands$37,240-11.9%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$37,220-11.9%
Rome, GA$37,220-11.9%
Fort Wayne, IN$37,210-11.9%
Evansville, IN$37,180-12.0%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$37,140-12.1%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$37,140-12.1%
Cleveland, TN$37,130-12.1%
Muncie, IN$37,080-12.3%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$37,070-12.3%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$37,050-12.3%
Gainesville, FL$36,990-12.5%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,970-12.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$36,950-12.6%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$36,930-12.6%
Wheeling, WV-OH$36,910-12.7%
Jackson, TN$36,900-12.7%
Bloomington, IN$36,820-12.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$36,800-12.9%
Tulsa, OK$36,720-13.1%
Amarillo, TX$36,700-13.2%
Punta Gorda, FL$36,700-13.2%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$36,650-13.3%
Oklahoma City, OK$36,560-13.5%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$36,540-13.5%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$36,520-13.6%
Ocala, FL$36,510-13.6%
Minot, ND$36,500-13.6%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$36,430-13.8%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$36,420-13.8%
Terre Haute, IN$36,360-14.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$36,330-14.0%
Pocatello, ID$36,330-14.0%
Decatur, AL$36,280-14.2%
Charleston, WV$36,250-14.2%
Odessa, TX$36,250-14.2%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$36,220-14.3%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$36,190-14.4%
Springfield, MO$36,180-14.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$36,120-14.5%
Dalton, GA$36,110-14.6%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$36,110-14.6%
Jefferson City, MO$36,080-14.6%
Manhattan, KS$36,080-14.6%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$36,000-14.8%
Midland, TX$35,970-14.9%
Sherman-Denison, TX$35,970-14.9%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$35,940-15.0%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$35,900-15.0%
Jacksonville, NC$35,880-15.1%
Morgantown, WV$35,880-15.1%
Sumter, SC$35,860-15.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$35,820-15.2%
Beckley, WV$35,810-15.3%
Logan, UT-ID$35,720-15.5%
Sebring, FL$35,650-15.6%
College Station-Bryan, TX$35,610-15.7%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$35,530-15.9%
Birmingham, AL$35,470-16.1%
Florence, SC$35,400-16.2%
San Angelo, TX$35,390-16.3%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,370-16.3%
Corpus Christi, TX$35,300-16.5%
Tyler, TX$35,300-16.5%
Albany, GA$35,260-16.6%
Huntsville, AL$35,210-16.7%
Jonesboro, AR$35,210-16.7%
Montgomery, AL$35,210-16.7%
Lawton, OK$35,190-16.7%
El Paso, TX$35,170-16.8%
Laredo, TX$35,120-16.9%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$35,110-16.9%
Columbus, GA-AL$34,970-17.3%
Joplin, MO-KS$34,600-18.1%
Homosassa Springs, FL$34,510-18.3%
Longview, TX$34,510-18.3%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$34,320-18.8%
Lubbock, TX$34,300-18.8%
Enid, OK$34,250-19.0%
Tallahassee, FL$34,180-19.1%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$34,150-19.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$34,050-19.4%
Valdosta, GA$34,040-19.5%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$33,990-19.6%
Victoria, TX$33,980-19.6%
Lake Charles, LA$33,850-19.9%
Hammond, LA$33,010-21.9%
Texarkana, TX-AR$32,880-22.2%
Tuscaloosa, AL$32,860-22.2%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$32,160-23.9%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,110-24.0%
Jackson, MS$32,040-24.2%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$32,020-24.2%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$31,940-24.4%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$31,920-24.5%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$31,520-25.4%
Baton Rouge, LA$31,220-26.1%
Mobile, AL$30,880-26.9%
Alexandria, LA$30,650-27.5%
Gadsden, AL$30,440-28.0%
Hattiesburg, MS$30,440-28.0%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$30,140-28.7%
Lafayette, LA$29,960-29.1%
Hot Springs, AR$29,940-29.2%
Monroe, LA$29,880-29.3%
Dothan, AL$29,830-29.4%
Puerto Rico$22,850-45.9%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,850-45.9%
Mayaguez, PR$21,840-48.3%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.