Nursing Assistants Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Nursing Assistants positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$39,530

National average

Salary Range

$31,390 – $50,140

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Nursing Assistants Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$56,220$47,450$74,820
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$53,990$46,490$78,060
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$50,690$42,850$62,210
Boulder, CO$49,390$39,970$57,210
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$48,520$42,600$60,940
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$48,510$41,190$65,560
Oregon$48,390$40,180$60,500
Grants Pass, OR$48,300$41,570$59,850
Salem, OR$48,280$40,400$60,500
Washington$48,260$40,170$60,220
Napa, CA$48,070$44,620$57,080
Bellingham, WA$47,860$39,930$58,070
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$47,810$39,490$59,350
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$47,690$37,630$64,930
Vallejo, CA$47,590$39,510$57,890
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$47,580$38,740$51,670
Bend, OR$47,560$41,580$58,750
Salinas, CA$47,500$40,020$54,080
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$47,470$39,250$60,630
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$47,450$38,460$54,570
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,430$39,590$56,580
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$47,420$40,130$57,410
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$47,390$40,230$56,640
New York$47,390$37,480$59,240
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$47,220$39,580$57,070
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$47,140$40,140$59,830
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$47,130$38,010$59,440
Albany, OR$47,070$39,760$59,180
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,000$39,930$56,370
Rochester, MN$46,910$38,090$48,530
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$46,910$39,540$55,100
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$46,900$37,660$56,040
Eugene-Springfield, OR$46,900$39,130$59,700
District of Columbia$46,860$39,120$56,160
Walla Walla, WA$46,850$39,300$62,500
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,730$39,370$51,350
Kennewick-Richland, WA$46,640$36,800$56,700
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,600$39,420$58,630
Bangor, ME$46,600$37,550$53,580
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$46,560$39,200$51,790
Carson City, NV$46,560$37,940$51,170
Medford, OR$46,520$40,740$57,960
Reno, NV$46,500$37,490$55,560
California$46,420$39,220$59,540
Yakima, WA$46,330$39,640$50,030
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$46,260$39,560$59,470
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$46,260$38,050$55,520
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$46,190$38,730$53,510
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$46,180$37,370$57,440
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$46,160$39,510$56,400
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$46,140$39,320$58,920
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$46,140$38,730$57,270
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$46,140$38,640$59,620
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$46,110$39,080$57,520
Cheyenne, WY$46,090$35,560$58,460
New Hampshire$46,050$37,400$58,530
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$46,050$38,170$51,980
Longview-Kelso, WA$46,020$38,070$58,960
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$45,980$36,060$47,990
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$45,960$38,550$55,770
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,930$39,460$58,270
Bozeman, MT$45,920$38,780$61,460
Alaska$45,840$41,190$59,780
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$45,760$39,280$55,510
Manchester-Nashua, NH$45,720$35,930$57,410
Modesto, CA$45,680$37,530$56,250
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,680$37,490$49,750
Sheboygan, WI$45,660$37,980$47,580
Vineland, NJ$45,640$36,890$48,870
Maine$45,640$37,350$54,580
Barnstable Town, MA$45,600$37,740$62,020
Minnesota$45,580$37,760$54,230
Anchorage, AK$45,550$39,470$57,760
Massachusetts$45,410$38,380$56,340
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$45,400$37,350$47,880
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$45,380$38,410$57,850
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$45,360$39,520$51,650
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$45,330$38,410$54,120
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$45,240$38,510$58,120
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$45,210$37,440$51,650
Grand Forks, ND-MN$45,120$34,670$50,420
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$45,070$35,710$59,430
Nevada$45,060$36,250$59,070
Yuba City, CA$45,040$38,780$51,420
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$44,950$38,150$53,140
Colorado$44,950$37,420$53,350
New Jersey$44,910$37,240$50,690
Bismarck, ND$44,890$35,980$48,890
Kenosha, WI$44,850$37,930$47,320
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,840$35,350$56,360
Hawaii$44,830$35,600$53,150
Urban Honolulu, HI$44,820$35,330$52,320
Pittsfield, MA$44,800$37,350$49,460
Greeley, CO$44,780$38,540$48,740
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$44,780$36,380$60,600
Illinois$44,750$36,270$50,800
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$44,750$38,170$49,850
Stockton-Lodi, CA$44,740$38,160$54,730
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$44,650$37,040$47,780
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,550$37,080$48,450
Connecticut$44,500$38,450$51,790
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$44,500$38,450$52,610
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$44,370$37,990$47,730
Fond du Lac, WI$44,260$37,390$46,580
Visalia, CA$44,250$37,330$47,660
Lebanon, PA$44,240$36,460$51,410
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$44,240$38,050$55,940
North Dakota$44,190$34,620$49,970
Rhode Island$44,160$38,190$49,950
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$44,160$36,990$54,080
Worcester, MA$44,080$37,490$51,630
Merced, CA$44,040$37,540$49,410
Chico, CA$44,010$37,760$50,520
Reading, PA$43,930$37,420$50,150
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,800$38,730$54,510
Corvallis, OR$43,790$38,710$52,640
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$43,790$35,360$50,260
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$43,770$36,380$48,020
Janesville-Beloit, WI$43,760$36,840$49,420
Champaign-Urbana, IL$43,720$36,880$47,910
Redding, CA$43,660$36,850$58,600
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$43,640$37,320$56,870
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$43,630$36,900$48,020
Madison, WI$43,620$38,290$53,560
Vermont$43,610$35,820$51,660
Chambersburg, PA$43,600$35,980$52,150
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$43,570$36,130$54,730
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$43,430$38,120$49,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$43,330$34,030$54,370
Wisconsin$43,250$37,040$48,200
Duluth, MN-WI$43,050$37,480$52,720
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$43,000$36,420$48,970
Colorado Springs, CO$43,000$36,840$48,060
Fresno, CA$42,840$38,160$50,150
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$42,780$38,460$48,770
Green Bay, WI$42,760$37,570$45,510
Mankato, MN$42,720$38,890$47,750
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$42,690$36,580$50,670
Pueblo, CO$42,680$36,610$50,040
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$42,330$37,340$49,550
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$42,070$36,850$52,600
Lexington Park, MD$42,050$35,740$49,450
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$42,020$36,890$48,520
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$41,990$36,590$50,080
Arizona$41,980$36,460$49,890
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$41,870$37,580$46,580
Eau Claire, WI$41,810$36,770$48,180
Santa Fe, NM$41,510$31,180$51,460
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$41,460$37,560$47,430
Flagstaff, AZ$41,440$39,540$46,950
Syracuse, NY$41,410$37,480$49,130
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$41,260$34,990$49,920
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$41,260$35,820$49,590
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$41,250$35,800$46,810
Springfield, MA$41,220$37,240$49,210
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$41,210$32,880$49,390
Billings, MT$41,170$36,970$48,540
Pennsylvania$41,110$36,270$48,100
Virgin Islands$41,090$28,690$49,600
Springfield, IL$41,080$35,920$48,720
Gainesville, FL$41,030$33,860$43,510
New Haven, CT$41,010$38,330$49,370
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$40,830$34,320$48,100
Decatur, IL$40,800$35,350$49,810
Kingston, NY$40,790$37,320$48,870
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$40,750$36,470$54,250
Traverse City, MI$40,710$38,100$46,120
Lexington-Fayette, KY$40,700$33,580$45,830
Helena, MT$40,640$36,870$54,470
Burlington, NC$40,580$29,650$46,920
Dubuque, IA$40,460$36,630$49,000
Missoula, MT$40,390$36,680$57,380
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$40,310$33,560$47,320
Gainesville, GA$40,210$33,170$47,360
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,170$36,950$49,320
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$40,150$30,240$47,970
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$40,130$37,040$47,060
Columbia, MO$40,120$32,760$47,220
Lancaster, PA$40,090$37,130$46,950
Grand Junction, CO$40,060$36,510$47,120
Salisbury, MD$40,000$33,170$49,020
Maryland$40,000$34,330$50,030
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$39,990$36,140$48,930
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$39,990$37,040$46,230
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$39,980$30,380$50,650
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$39,970$34,100$44,430
Ithaca, NY$39,910$37,440$49,670
Appleton, WI$39,900$36,790$47,210
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$39,860$34,770$46,160
Ann Arbor, MI$39,830$36,270$44,370
Columbus, OH$39,830$35,870$47,170
Rochester, NY$39,800$36,810$50,030
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$39,790$36,690$48,950
Bloomington, IL$39,770$35,650$47,670
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,760$34,010$52,450
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$39,680$33,510$46,920
Peoria, IL$39,660$36,060$49,340
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$39,620$34,900$44,340
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$39,570$35,470$50,760
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$39,500$31,760$51,830
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$39,480$35,690$47,390
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$39,430$36,470$46,950
Gettysburg, PA$39,400$36,640$46,870
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$39,400$36,350$46,660
St. George, UT$39,370$33,860$46,570
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$39,360$35,930$47,930
Tucson, AZ$39,310$34,850$47,610
Montana$39,300$35,240$53,330
Glens Falls, NY$39,280$35,820$47,980
Cedar Rapids, IA$39,260$35,070$48,200
Delaware$39,240$32,640$47,990
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$39,240$35,950$47,890
Pittsburgh, PA$39,220$36,650$45,940
York-Hanover, PA$39,210$37,470$46,230
Binghamton, NY$39,170$32,910$48,190
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$39,150$35,710$46,950
Altoona, PA$39,140$33,500$46,110
Fargo, ND-MN$39,130$31,840$49,250
Kansas City, MO-KS$39,130$35,710$47,900
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$39,130$35,200$47,070
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$39,130$35,300$44,370
Flint, MI$39,120$32,770$45,590
Ames, IA$39,110$37,660$47,290
St. Cloud, MN$39,090$36,930$53,040
Morgantown, WV$39,090$33,270$39,090
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$39,080$36,570$46,470
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$39,010$36,530$46,320
Toledo, OH$39,000$35,840$47,850
Rockford, IL$38,960$36,250$47,990
Omaha, NE-IA$38,950$36,380$49,970
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$38,950$35,510$44,490
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$38,940$35,570$47,470
Michigan$38,900$35,680$45,980
Battle Creek, MI$38,900$35,860$51,980
Richmond, VA$38,890$31,250$47,520
Charlottesville, VA$38,870$33,290$49,060
Boise City, ID$38,860$29,020$47,550
Raleigh-Cary, NC$38,840$30,030$48,840
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$38,830$36,720$46,590
St. Louis, MO-IL$38,820$31,530$46,000
Utica-Rome, NY$38,810$35,820$46,870
Virginia$38,790$30,220$48,520
Winchester, VA-WV$38,790$33,140$48,970
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$38,780$32,660$49,020
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$38,770$31,300$47,440
Greensboro-High Point, NC$38,760$29,530$44,580
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$38,750$34,530$47,820
Asheville, NC$38,740$30,410$47,740
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$38,720$31,400$44,410
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$38,710$35,120$47,510
Williamsport, PA$38,680$35,750$44,590
Iowa$38,630$35,070$48,100
Nebraska$38,620$35,790$47,970
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,620$35,460$45,910
Jackson, MI$38,610$37,090$44,310
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$38,610$32,810$45,480
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$38,580$30,900$46,620
Ohio$38,570$34,480$46,060
Coeur d'Alene, ID$38,540$28,890$47,320
Lewiston, ID-WA$38,540$29,280$46,770
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,520$35,740$45,820
Spartanburg, SC$38,520$30,640$43,740
Utah$38,500$32,910$45,980
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,500$31,550$48,600
Wyoming$38,360$33,110$50,810
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$38,360$32,160$47,440
Greenville, NC$38,340$29,670$41,820
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,340$31,950$46,260
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$38,320$36,050$46,920
State College, PA$38,310$36,090$44,000
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,290$32,570$49,500
Saginaw, MI$38,280$32,990$44,680
Grand Island, NE$38,280$35,350$48,320
Roanoke, VA$38,260$29,750$45,960
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$38,250$29,370$47,190
Mansfield, OH$38,250$34,250$43,910
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,250$35,070$44,440
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$38,240$32,440$54,600
Midland, MI$38,220$36,410$39,210
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$38,220$33,440$52,470
Great Falls, MT$38,200$36,660$46,690
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$38,200$32,470$43,890
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$38,170$32,110$46,520
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$38,160$35,320$45,280
Akron, OH$38,160$36,040$44,640
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$38,150$29,270$45,880
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$38,130$35,240$49,850
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$38,110$33,410$44,680
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$38,090$33,790$46,080
South Dakota$38,070$29,960$45,070
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,070$29,960$44,640
Cleveland, OH$38,060$36,210$45,760
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$38,060$32,370$46,220
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,050$31,410$48,960
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$38,040$33,180$43,800
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$38,030$35,030$45,670
Owensboro, KY$37,950$30,260$44,580
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$37,930$33,510$46,180
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$37,910$36,560$47,490
Iowa City, IA$37,900$34,060$49,800
Winston-Salem, NC$37,900$30,230$43,690
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$37,870$34,030$46,870
Erie, PA$37,850$35,160$44,700
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,840$32,430$48,220
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,840$34,050$45,630
Kokomo, IN$37,780$33,310$44,510
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,780$28,750$47,040
Wausau, WI$37,770$35,510$46,630
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$37,760$34,660$45,980
Niles, MI$37,750$35,790$48,990
Lincoln, NE$37,750$36,000$46,990
Harrisonburg, VA$37,720$30,080$45,760
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$37,690$33,990$46,380
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,690$34,520$44,640
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,680$34,900$45,500
North Carolina$37,670$29,370$45,960
Springfield, OH$37,650$34,700$50,700
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$37,650$35,950$42,630
Casper, WY$37,590$34,620$46,700
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,590$33,150$44,990
Dover, DE$37,570$29,650$44,940
Monroe, MI$37,550$35,410$44,120
Lynchburg, VA$37,540$30,250$45,750
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,540$31,750$44,990
Idaho$37,530$28,410$46,340
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,520$34,620$46,240
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,520$28,460$46,040
Elizabethtown, KY$37,500$29,680$44,190
Lawrence, KS$37,500$33,520$42,190
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$37,500$28,560$46,010
Ogden, UT$37,490$32,770$44,720
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$37,490$31,600$44,620
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,470$28,700$46,330
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$37,460$33,190$45,360
Minot, ND$37,450$31,830$48,420
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$37,410$31,920$44,850
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$37,400$29,110$46,240
Youngstown-Warren, OH$37,380$33,340$42,380
Bowling Green, KY$37,360$30,670$44,350
Kankakee, IL$37,350$31,410$47,870
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$37,340$29,640$45,850
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$37,330$31,650$45,380
Indiana$37,330$32,100$45,510
Kentucky$37,330$29,630$46,340
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$37,320$31,390$44,190
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$37,300$29,880$45,480
Sandusky, OH$37,290$31,180$44,470
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,290$34,940$45,390
Johnstown, PA$37,280$30,680$42,790
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,270$36,130$45,490
Twin Falls, ID$37,260$27,860$46,060
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$37,260$33,480$47,420
Rapid City, SD$37,250$29,200$43,510
Canton-Massillon, OH$37,230$32,120$43,960
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$37,220$32,960$42,490
Savannah, GA$37,200$29,540$41,430
Albuquerque, NM$37,170$31,110$45,840
Missouri$37,170$30,320$44,960
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,150$30,620$44,710
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$37,130$32,810$43,930
Johnson City, TN$37,130$29,490$43,990
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,090$27,360$45,930
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,050$30,680$44,790
New Mexico$37,030$30,820$46,450
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,030$30,740$45,080
Topeka, KS$37,020$35,260$44,930
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,990$32,450$46,600
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$36,940$31,360$46,160
Elmira, NY$36,920$33,450$43,720
Knoxville, TN$36,920$30,130$41,390
Kansas$36,910$31,140$45,980
Midland, TX$36,910$31,410$46,740
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$36,860$30,570$44,340
Florida$36,850$32,690$46,080
Bay City, MI$36,850$34,110$41,940
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$36,830$30,470$43,600
Terre Haute, IN$36,780$30,020$44,150
Jacksonville, FL$36,780$33,200$45,080
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$36,760$29,990$42,110
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$36,760$29,790$41,350
Tennessee$36,750$30,080$44,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$36,700$33,510$46,080
Wheeling, WV-OH$36,700$30,130$41,440
Lima, OH$36,700$31,510$45,850
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,700$29,140$46,610
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$36,680$28,000$45,530
Bloomington, IN$36,670$30,950$44,240
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$36,640$29,130$42,650
Paducah, KY-IL$36,620$30,020$45,300
Punta Gorda, FL$36,610$35,360$43,830
Clarksville, TN-KY$36,580$30,140$44,220
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$36,580$32,570$43,710
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$36,580$31,370$43,690
Georgia$36,570$28,470$46,190
Goldsboro, NC$36,550$29,270$43,430
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$36,500$30,660$42,400
Muncie, IN$36,490$31,210$44,980
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$36,430$28,000$44,920
Columbia, SC$36,410$28,320$42,100
Wilmington, NC$36,410$29,960$46,070
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,410$30,540$44,900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$36,400$33,790$45,320
St. Joseph, MO-KS$36,390$29,600$43,360
Texas$36,390$29,580$45,760
South Carolina$36,370$28,980$42,730
Wichita, KS$36,360$31,660$44,340
West Virginia$36,340$29,850$42,210
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$36,320$31,190$40,670
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$36,290$31,290$44,230
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,290$26,520$47,780
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$36,280$30,530$43,760
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$36,210$31,820$45,750
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$36,200$31,660$44,030
Columbus, IN$36,180$28,810$43,160
Tulsa, OK$36,170$30,980$41,650
Morristown, TN$36,170$29,140$40,690
Fayetteville, NC$36,150$28,100$43,990
Manhattan, KS$36,110$31,210$44,510
Dalton, GA$36,090$28,060$42,640
Fort Wayne, IN$36,090$34,370$45,510
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$36,080$32,610$40,260
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,080$28,930$43,110
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,080$28,350$43,150
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$36,070$31,210$41,410
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,050$29,630$42,790
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$36,050$30,290$43,810
Amarillo, TX$36,020$29,820$46,990
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$35,990$29,920$44,590
Evansville, IN$35,990$30,950$44,740
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$35,920$28,450$41,180
Farmington, NM$35,920$29,620$46,310
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$35,910$28,720$42,810
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,900$28,710$43,010
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,900$28,590$43,100
Oklahoma City, OK$35,840$31,140$41,600
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$35,840$30,030$39,840
Yuma, AZ$35,830$35,150$42,800
Idaho Falls, ID$35,800$27,840$44,390
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,760$29,220$41,070
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,740$29,030$41,300
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,740$29,240$41,720
Warner Robins, GA$35,730$28,720$41,050
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,700$31,210$44,280
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$35,700$29,490$41,240
Ocala, FL$35,660$30,830$41,380
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,650$28,560$41,300
Sumter, SC$35,640$28,380$37,680
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,640$28,540$42,120
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,630$27,460$43,200
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$35,620$29,990$41,260
Springfield, MO$35,590$30,050$40,170
Rocky Mount, NC$35,580$27,350$41,660
Cleveland, TN$35,580$30,600$40,630
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,570$27,290$41,170
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,560$27,490$43,140
Beckley, WV$35,510$29,060$37,630
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,500$29,140$37,010
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,480$28,720$42,350
Sebring, FL$35,470$30,050$42,820
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$35,470$29,630$42,850
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,420$29,080$42,330
Athens-Clarke County, GA$35,380$28,760$44,540
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,290$27,150$43,500
Jefferson City, MO$35,260$29,140$41,700
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,210$29,310$38,840
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,170$29,370$39,400
College Station-Bryan, TX$35,120$29,620$40,290
Logan, UT-ID$35,110$30,270$41,510
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,110$27,890$41,340
Oklahoma$35,040$29,240$41,600
Birmingham, AL$35,040$29,080$39,020
Abilene, TX$35,010$28,420$38,490
Jackson, TN$34,930$29,530$41,700
Odessa, TX$34,920$29,690$43,680
Pocatello, ID$34,900$26,900$44,220
Charleston, WV$34,880$31,420$41,060
Homosassa Springs, FL$34,810$30,560$42,050
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$34,660$28,230$42,810
Joplin, MO-KS$34,660$30,080$38,830
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$34,640$29,590$40,210
Waco, TX$34,640$29,800$43,150
Columbus, GA-AL$34,580$26,370$39,560
Corpus Christi, TX$34,560$29,860$41,600
Wichita Falls, TX$34,550$29,380$42,670
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,500$23,860$36,390
San Angelo, TX$34,480$29,330$37,570
Las Cruces, NM$34,460$27,690$41,950
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,380$24,370$37,560
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,310$28,470$37,980
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,300$29,810$41,410
Tyler, TX$34,290$29,620$41,300
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,270$28,730$40,840
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$34,200$27,240$40,020
Decatur, AL$34,120$28,820$39,240
Tallahassee, FL$34,070$25,690$42,760
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,060$28,450$40,340
Macon-Bibb County, GA$34,000$28,680$41,950
Killeen-Temple, TX$33,990$29,710$46,420
Sherman-Denison, TX$33,940$30,030$37,560
El Paso, TX$33,880$28,420$40,370
Rome, GA$33,840$29,520$41,040
Victoria, TX$33,660$27,070$40,440
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,450$29,160$40,450
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,440$28,260$41,540
Jacksonville, NC$33,330$27,690$37,420
Florence, SC$33,290$28,580$39,260
Jonesboro, AR$33,270$26,310$39,430
Valdosta, GA$33,140$24,750$41,420
Albany, GA$33,110$23,890$40,770
Guam$32,970$28,820$41,730
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$32,730$28,550$37,760
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$32,550$28,560$41,830
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$32,500$29,340$38,000
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$32,490$24,440$38,280
Alabama$32,470$25,890$38,770
Montgomery, AL$32,470$27,750$38,800
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,410$25,930$36,820
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$32,400$28,730$39,300
Huntsville, AL$32,360$26,430$41,140
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$32,250$25,480$38,490
Enid, OK$32,220$28,960$36,230
Texarkana, TX-AR$31,990$23,890$39,790
Arkansas$31,990$28,330$39,430
Lubbock, TX$31,990$28,740$40,300
Tuscaloosa, AL$31,920$23,750$43,930
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$31,680$28,840$38,640
Mobile, AL$31,440$27,780$37,210
Lawton, OK$31,360$30,090$47,840
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$31,250$27,740$45,490
Fort Smith, AR-OK$31,250$24,120$36,060
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$31,200$25,000$44,840
Jackson, MS$31,150$23,520$39,210
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$31,100$28,050$37,090
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,980$28,840$37,500
Longview, TX$30,800$28,870$38,750
Anniston-Oxford, AL$30,750$25,310$37,440
Baton Rouge, LA$30,660$28,140$36,200
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$30,590$28,590$36,010
Auburn-Opelika, AL$30,580$27,750$45,640
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,550$22,640$36,720
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$30,540$24,130$39,270
Lake Charles, LA$30,470$20,940$37,560
Mississippi$30,460$23,570$38,790
Hinesville, GA$30,440$24,770$44,780
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,410$27,100$38,080
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$30,350$26,130$35,830
Louisiana$30,240$26,630$37,720
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$30,180$27,020$35,880
Hammond, LA$30,170$27,860$35,850
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$30,090$26,250$38,820
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,050$23,760$35,960
Laredo, TX$30,040$22,990$38,150
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,030$23,660$35,350
Alexandria, LA$30,020$28,010$36,380
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$30,000$28,570$35,880
Hattiesburg, MS$29,990$24,290$35,560
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$29,980$27,540$35,900
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,960$24,740$36,580
Monroe, LA$29,850$24,390$36,830
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,790$28,520$36,410
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$29,650$23,180$35,400
Gadsden, AL$29,570$26,380$36,420
Hot Springs, AR$29,560$28,680$36,730
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$29,550$24,420$36,990
Lafayette, LA$29,490$27,720$35,840
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$29,270$24,630$34,660
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$29,230$24,770$35,360
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$29,120$22,770$34,760
Eagle Pass, TX$28,900$24,680$35,010
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,530$23,520$36,660
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$28,520$24,190$33,820
Dothan, AL$27,080$23,000$34,920
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,980$20,200$41,950
Puerto Rico$20,470$19,760$41,950
Mayaguez, PR$19,900$19,760$19,900
Arecibo, PR$19,760$19,760$23,220

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Nursing Assistants make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Nursing Assistants is $39,530, with a typical range of $31,390 – $50,140 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Nursing Assistants?β–Ύ

Entry-level Nursing Assistants positions typically start around $31,390 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Nursing Assistantss earn the most?β–Ύ

Nursing Assistantss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.