There were over 1,310,000 nursing assistants employed in the USA according to recently published May 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Approximately 211,000 of those employed as nursing assistants lived in the five-state Great Lakes region of the country.  Annual mean wages for nursing assistants in the region ran slightly below the national average, except in Illinois and Wisconsin.  BLS data from May 2022 reveals the following about nursing assistant pay in the Great Lakes region of the U.S.:

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Great Lakes Region

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
IL	55,400	$36,750	22nd
IN	29,200	$34,250	31st
MI	41,050	$35,960	26th
OH	58,770	$34,110	32nd
WI	26,690	$36,750	23rd
U.S.	1,310,090	$36,220	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 10, 2023