Nursing Assistants Salary in Trenton-Princeton, NJ
Median annual salary
$45,980
+9% vs US median ($42,260)
Worth after local cost of living
$37,352
cost index 123.1 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in Trenton-Princeton, NJ
| 10th percentile | $39,090 |
| 25th percentile | $42,870 |
| Median (50th) | $45,980 |
| 75th percentile | $47,900 |
| 90th percentile | $49,380 |
| Mean | $45,530 |
| Employed in metro | 1,690 |
A Nursing Assistants in Trenton-Princeton, NJ earns a median of $45,980 per year. That is 9% above the national median of $42,260 for this occupation. Because Trenton-Princeton, NJ has a cost index of 123.1 (above the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $37,352 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $100,645, median gross rent $1,623/mo, and the median home value $377,700. See the full Trenton-Princeton, NJ cost-of-living profile.