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Nursing Assistant Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of nursing assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of nursing assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Nursing Assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,550
25th Percentile Wage
$29,750
50th Percentile Wage
$36,370
75th Percentile Wage
$43,370
90th Percentile Wage
$49,430

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nursing assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,550.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of nursing assistants from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$36,370
3.30% 10.59%
2017
$35,170
1.19% -
2016
$34,750
3.08% -
2015
$33,680
1.60% -
2014
$33,140
1.00% -
2013
$32,810
0.88% -
2012
$32,520
- -

Table 2. Compare Nursing Assistant Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,370 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for nursing assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of nursing assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 10.8 percent (10.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 26.2 percent (26.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Binghamton.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Ithaca
$40,760
Nassau-Suffolk
$39,500
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$36,370
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$34,370
Glens Falls
$31,830
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$30,400
Elmira
$30,330
Kingston
$30,180
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,570
Rochester
$29,480
Syracuse
$29,160
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,030
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$28,710
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$28,690
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,490
Watertown-Fort Drum
$28,280
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,070
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$27,880
Utica-Rome
$27,050
Binghamton
$26,830

See also: Top paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York.