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Nursing Assistants pay in Oregon and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nursing Assistants is $49,830 per year in Oregon. It is $37,990 per year in Tennessee. Oregon is 31.2% above Tennessee 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 14,800 wage and salary jobs in Oregon and 27,040 in Tennessee. 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