Nursing Assistants in New York
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You’re in luck! Jobs for Nursing Assistants in New York are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.
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Projected employment for Nursing Assistants in New York is growing faster than average.
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Nursing Assistants in New York earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.
What Major Will Prepare You For a Nursing Assistant Career?
- Health Professions
- Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies
- Health Aide
- Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants
- Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
- Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
How Many Nursing Assistants Work in New York?
91,400 people worked as Nursing Assistants in 2018 in this state.
There were 94,980 Nursing Assistants employed in this state in 2017.
That’s a decline of 3,580 jobs between 2017 and 2018.
The typical state has 20,950 Nursing Assistants working in it, which means New York has more Nursing Assistants than average.
Job Projections for New York
Jobs for Nursing Assistants in this state are growing at a rate of 15.8% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 11.5%.
New York Annual Job Openings
The BLS estimates there will be 14,780 annual job openings, and 125,990 total jobs in 2026 for Nursing Assistants in this state.
Nationwide, the prediction is 195,100 annual jobs and 1,683,700 total jobs in 2026.
What do Nursing Assistants Make in New York?
In 2018 wages for Nursing Assistants ranged from $25,620 to $49,540 with $36,610 being the median annual salary.
Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $12.32 to $23.82. The median hourly rate was $17.6.
In 2017 the median pay for this field was $16.88 an hour.
The hourly rate grew by $0.72.
The median salary in New York is higher than the nationwide median salary.
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Top New York Metros for Nursing Assistants
The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Nursing Assistants.
Metro | Number Employed | Annual Median Salary |
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New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 99,940 | $36,370 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 5,800 | $30,400 |
Rochester, NY | 5,800 | $29,480 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 4,860 | $28,710 |
Syracuse, NY | 2,710 | $29,160 |
Utica-Rome, NY | 1,990 | $27,050 |
Binghamton, NY | 1,720 | $26,830 |
Glens Falls, NY | 690 | $31,830 |
Kingston, NY | 650 | $30,180 |
Elmira, NY | 550 | $30,330 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 390 | $28,280 |
Top States for Nursing Assistants Employment
The table below shows the states where most Nursing Assistants work.
State | Number Employed | Annual Median Salary |
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California | 99,440 | $33,070 |
New York | 91,400 | $36,610 |
Florida | 89,860 | $26,020 |
Texas | 87,750 | $25,760 |
Pennsylvania | 76,260 | $30,080 |
Ohio | 65,860 | $27,040 |
North Carolina | 63,010 | $25,260 |
Illinois | 61,140 | $27,860 |
New Jersey | 56,500 | $29,470 |
Michigan | 49,760 | $29,710 |
Virginia | 39,320 | $27,270 |
Massachusetts | 39,100 | $32,310 |
Missouri | 38,560 | $24,350 |
Georgia | 36,780 | $24,680 |
Washington | 32,690 | $31,220 |
Wisconsin | 32,310 | $29,240 |
Minnesota | 31,640 | $33,350 |
Indiana | 30,220 | $26,830 |
Tennessee | 28,340 | $25,680 |
Maryland | 27,980 | $30,230 |
Below are the states where Nursing Assistants get paid the most:
State | Annual Median Salary |
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Alaska | $38,500 |
New York | $36,610 |
Hawaii | $34,870 |
Nevada | $34,060 |
North Dakota | $33,980 |
Minnesota | $33,350 |
California | $33,070 |
Connecticut | $32,620 |
Oregon | $32,350 |
Massachusetts | $32,310 |
Related Careers in New York
You may also be interested in the following careers:
Occupation | New York Employment Total |
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Home Health Aides | 191,820 |
Psychiatric Aides | 5,560 |
Orderlies | 3,240 |
References
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
More about our data sources and methodologies.