Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

There were more than 1,310,000 nursing assistants employed in the United States as of May 2022 according to the latest occupational employment data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Approximately 215,000 of those employed as nursing assistants lived in the Mid-Eastern U.S., a region that includes five states and the District of Columbia.  BLS data reveals the region to be one of the better regions of the country for nursing assistant pay.  Every Mid-Eastern state registered a nursing assistant's annual mean wage level that was above the national average, and two states in the region ranked among the ten best states nationally for that pay metric.  A closer examination of BLS data from May 2022 provides the following details about nursing assistant pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

State # Employed Annual Mean Wages Wage Rank*
DC 2,950 $43,820 2nd
DE 4,310 $36,670 24th
MD 26,240 $37,180 21st
NJ 34,580 $39,480 12th
NY 80,100 $43,450 4th
PA 66,800 $36,400 25th
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 14, 2023

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