US Salary Data

May 2025 OEWS estimate

Nursing Assistant Salary in the United States

The national median annual salary is $42,260. This page compares official BLS estimates across 44 major metro areas with publishable data.

National salary overview

Median annual salary

$42,260

Mean annual salary

$42,700

Employment estimate

1,448,910

National annual salary percentiles

Nursing Assistant national annual salary percentilesFive BLS percentile estimates positioned on a zero-based annual salary scale. The median is shown as a square.P10P25P50P75P90$0$51,980
Nursing Assistant national annual salary percentiles values
PercentileAnnual salary
P10$33,940
P25$37,260
P50$42,260
P75$47,220
P90$51,980
MeasureAnnual salary
10th percentile$33,940
25th percentile$37,260
50th percentile$42,260
75th percentile$47,220
90th percentile$51,980

Highest-paying metros in this dataset

Ranked by annual median salary. This is not a cost-of-living or quality-of-life ranking.

  1. 1. San Jose, CA$56,840
  2. 2. San Francisco, CA$56,080
  3. 3. Seattle, WA$51,990
  4. 4. Portland, OR$50,350
  5. 5. New York, NY$49,270
  6. 6. Denver, CO$49,110
  7. 7. Minneapolis, MN$48,020
  8. 8. Boston, MA$47,590
  9. 9. Sacramento, CA$47,510
  10. 10. Los Angeles, CA$47,380

Largest employment markets