Nursing Assistants Salary in Florida
The median annual wage for nursing assistants in Florida is $37,510 ($18.03 per hour) — -11.2% vs. the national median of $42,260. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $37,510
- Mean annual wage
- $39,160
- Median hourly wage
- $18.03
- Employment in FL
- 96,960
96,960 employed · 9.8 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in Florida
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $34,350 | $16.52 |
| 25th percentile | $36,040 | $17.33 |
| Median (50th) | $37,510 | $18.03 |
| 75th percentile | $42,310 | $20.34 |
| 90th percentile | $46,790 | $22.50 |
What this salary is worth in Florida
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $36,272
- Median rent burden
- 53.4%
- Est. affordable home price
- $136,834
Florida prices are 103.4 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in Florida: $1,669/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $938/mo
At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance
For context, the median home value in Florida is $359,000 (ACS 2020-2024).
Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.
Nursing Assistants salary in other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Other salaries in Florida
- Accountants and Auditors in Florida
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Florida
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Florida
- Cashiers in Florida
- Construction Laborers in Florida
- Cooks, Restaurant in Florida
- Customer Service Representatives in Florida
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Florida
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in Florida
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Florida
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Florida
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Florida
- General and Operations Managers in Florida
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Florida
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Florida
- Human Resources Specialists in Florida
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Florida
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Florida
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Florida
- Light Truck Drivers in Florida
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Florida
- Management Analysts in Florida
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Florida
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Florida
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Florida
- Office Clerks, General in Florida
- Project Management Specialists in Florida
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in Florida
- Registered Nurses in Florida
- Retail Salespersons in Florida
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Florida
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Florida
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Florida
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Florida
- Security Guards in Florida
- Software Developers in Florida
- Stockers and Order Fillers in Florida
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Florida
- Waiters and Waitresses in Florida
About this data
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.
Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.