Nursing Assistants salary

What Nursing Assistants earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 1,448,910 Nursing Assistants jobs — 0.9% of all US employment. The national median wage is $42,260 a year ($20.32 an hour) and the mean is $42,700 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$20.53	$42,700
10th percentile	$16.32	$33,940
25th percentile	$17.91	$37,260
Median (50th percentile)	$20.32	$42,260
75th percentile	$22.70	$47,220
90th percentile	$24.99	$51,980

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$56,080	$26.96	11,790	+32.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$51,990	$25.00	16,530	+23.0%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$50,350	$24.21	8,890	+19.1%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,270	$23.69	79,480	+16.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$49,110	$23.61	10,350	+16.2%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$48,070	$23.11	9,670	+13.7%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$48,020	$23.09	14,590	+13.6%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,590	$22.88	26,130	+12.6%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,380	$22.78	43,090	+12.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$46,940	$22.57	45,850	+11.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,430	$22.32	9,940	+9.9%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$46,220	$22.22	30,680	+9.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$45,730	$21.99	25,520	+8.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$45,290	$21.77	13,550	+7.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$42,770	$20.56	13,580	+1.2%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$39,900	$19.18	17,300	-5.6%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$39,430	$18.96	13,580	-6.7%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$39,350	$18.92	23,260	-6.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$39,110	$18.81	14,620	-7.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$38,550	$18.53	5,600	-8.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$38,530	$18.53	23,420	-8.8%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$38,010	$18.28	23,490	-10.1%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$37,970	$18.26	19,230	-10.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$37,690	$18.12	12,000	-10.8%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$37,470	$18.02	15,120	-11.3%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.