Highest-paying Cities for Nursing Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for nursing assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of nursing assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $46,260, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for nursing assistants. It is followed by North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California (average annual salary $42,160). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of nursing assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Nursing Assistants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$46,260	$32,720	3,950
2	North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$42,160	$26,210	200
3	Ithaca, New York	$40,760	$25,460	340
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$39,670	$30,430	10,870
5	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$39,500	$31,260	14,380
6	Fairbanks, Alaska	$39,220	$33,200	140
7	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$38,970	$33,050	670
8	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$38,850	$33,320	300
9	Anchorage, Alaska	$37,890	$30,390	980
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$37,800	$28,150	5,150
11	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$37,790	$31,130	90
12	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$37,210	$30,030	420
13	Salinas, California	$37,080	$27,190	970
14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,370	$25,550	99,940
15	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$36,270	$29,510	420
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,760	$27,390	1,590
17	Napa, California	$35,490	$27,750	570
18	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$35,430	$26,310	1,210
19	Stockton, California	$35,420	$26,670	2,080
20	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$35,320	$27,580	150
21	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,300	$27,580	1,560
22	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,140	$28,540	450
23	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$35,140	$27,200	16,270
24	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$35,140	$26,950	430
25	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$35,110	$26,730	1,080
26	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$34,950	$27,180	3,550
27	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,900	$25,920	770
28	Bismarck, North Dakota	$34,730	$27,310	1,460
29	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$34,600	$25,290	350
30	Carson City, Nevada	$34,590	$27,850	290
31	St Cloud, Minnesota	$34,420	$26,350	1,370
32	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$34,370	$24,100	61,870
33	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$34,350	$26,930	1,160
34	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$34,220	$26,840	4,910
35	New Haven, Connecticut	$34,010	$26,760	4,700
36	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$33,940	$24,400	7,280
37	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$33,910	$25,560	1,370
38	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$33,710	$27,090	10,590
39	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$33,650	$25,980	470
40	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$33,580	$25,790	800
41	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$33,580	$17,370	160
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$33,560	$26,610	26,030
43	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$33,450	$26,390	630
44	Fargo, North Dakota	$33,310	$25,380	1,960
45	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$33,250	$26,930	830
46	Yuba City, California	$33,180	$25,740	460
47	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$33,040	$25,860	870
48	Redding, California	$33,000	$27,330	550
49	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$32,970	$25,200	1,270
50	Flagstaff, Arizona	$32,960	$26,910	190
51	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$32,810	$26,810	900
52	Jackson, Michigan	$32,790	$23,110	630
53	Medford, Oregon	$32,780	$24,300	640
54	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$32,750	$25,950	7,670
55	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$32,740	$24,920	7,950
56	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$32,640	$24,440	7,610
57	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$32,620	$26,230	330
58	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$32,610	$26,560	15,360
59	Duluth, Wisconsin	$32,590	$26,280	2,250
60	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$32,560	$25,860	9,300
61	Madison, Wisconsin	$32,530	$25,230	3,740
62	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$32,500	$26,480	17,840
63	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$32,480	$26,730	540
64	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$32,470	$25,330	1,140
65	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$32,400	$25,670	3,420
66	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$32,340	$25,800	530
67	Modesto, California	$32,320	$25,860	1,410
68	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$32,310	$26,070	1,030
69	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$32,230	$25,890	720
70	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$32,180	$26,540	1,350
71	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$32,160	$24,220	4,810
72	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$32,090	$24,930	1,640
73	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$32,060	$25,770	1,550
74	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$32,040	$25,970	5,490
75	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$31,960	$25,580	1,260
76	Rochester, Minnesota	$31,910	$26,240	1,620
77	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$31,900	$25,770	930
78	Danbury, Connecticut	$31,900	$26,790	1,070
79	Albany, Oregon	$31,850	$26,290	510
80	Manchester, New Hampshire	$31,840	$25,030	1,560
81	Glens Falls, New York	$31,830	$26,470	690
82	Danville, Illinois	$31,790	$22,630	390
83	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$31,770	$25,100	320
84	Boulder, Colorado	$31,750	$26,820	1,000
85	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$31,720	$25,550	520
86	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$31,690	$21,850	160
87	East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$31,670	$24,840	1,070
88	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$31,650	$23,000	530
89	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$31,600	$25,900	810
90	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$31,580	$26,330	510
91	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$31,580	$24,760	39,790
92	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$31,570	$26,540	760
93	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$31,480	$26,600	1,010
94	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$31,460	$25,070	950
95	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$31,390	$24,050	250
96	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$31,370	$25,700	3,120
97	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$31,330	$25,830	1,390
98	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$31,330	$24,520	550
99	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$31,300	$26,440	1,990
100	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$31,300	$25,940	2,750

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for nursing assistants.