Friday, December 24, 2021

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Rocky Mountain Region

Over 1,371,000 nursing assistants were employed as of May 2020 in the United States according to data released earlier this year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  More than 47,800 of the nation's nursing assistants were employed in the five-state Rocky Mountain region of the country.  A further examination of May 2020 BLS data provides the following details about nursing assistant pay in the Rocky Mountain region:

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Rocky Mountain Region

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Rocky Mountain Region


State # Employed Annual Mean Wages Wage Rank*
CO 21,310 $34,470 13th
ID 6,600 $29,370 36th
MT 5,110 $31,720 26th
UT 12,050 $30,240 32nd
WY 2,810 $33,160 19th
U.S. 1,371,050 $32,050 -------

(*) 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 15, 2021

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