Over 1,310,000 nursing assistants were employed in the U.S. as of May 2022 according to the most current occupational employment data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The New England region was home to more than 83,700 of those nursing assistant jobs.  Per BLS data, New England was an above-average region for nursing assistant pay as every state in the region had an annual mean wage level for nursing assistants that topped the national average.  Moreover, about 45% of the region's nursing assistants worked in Massachusetts, which ranked among the ten best states in the nation for nursing assistant annual mean wage levels.  A further examination of BLS data from May 2022 provides the following state-level details about nursing assistant pay in New England:

Nursing Assistant Pay in New England

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
CT	19,390	$38,280	15th
MA	37,730	$41,390	8th
ME	7,730	$38,170	17th
NH	7,250	$39,050	13th
RI	8,730	$39,490	11th
VT	2,910	$37,280	20th
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