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Nursing Assistants

Lebanon, PA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 730.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 31-1131
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$45,340 · 50th
$37,85010th
$38,74025th
$45,34050th
$47,90075th
$53,35090th

That is the medianhalf of nursing assistants in Lebanon earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$45,340 in Lebanon buys what $48,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Lebanon's regional price parity is 93.2 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Lebanon
Philadelphia$46,220$45,100102.6−7.3%
Reading$45,530$46,90097.1−3.6%
Lebanon This page$45,340$48,60093.2
Chambersburg$45,260$47,80094.6−1.7%
Lancaster$44,890$45,70098.3−6.1%
York$44,530$46,40096.0−4.6%
Allentown$44,360$44,400100.0−8.8%
Scranton$43,980$47,00093.6−3.4%

Price parity and difference against Lebanon are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 32.2% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 11.3% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
730 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 31-1131, Nursing Assistants. Mapped to our taxonomy as nursing-assistants.

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