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Nursing Assistants pay in Kentucky and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nursing Assistants is $38,370 per year in Kentucky. It is $49,830 per year in Oregon. Kentucky is 23.0% below Oregon on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-1131 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 23,410 wage and salary jobs in Kentucky and 14,800 in Oregon. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings