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Nursing Assistants

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 13,030.

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

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$46,330 · 50th
$39,22010th
$42,83025th
$46,33050th
$47,47075th
$54,88090th

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

Table 1 — Adjusted

$46,330 in Providence buys what $45,500 buys across the country as a whole.

Providence's regional price parity is 101.8 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Sources

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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.
Employment
13,030 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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