Nursing Assistants salary · Florida

Nursing Assistants Salary in Florida

Nursing Assistants in Florida earn a median of $37,510 a year, which is $18.03 an hour. That is $4,750 below the national median of $42,260, a difference of 11 percent. The state employs 96,960.

Median in Florida $37,510 $18.03 an hour · May 2025
US median $42,260
Jobs in Florida 96,960

Florida against the US May 2025

Nursing Assistants in Florida against the US, May 2025
FigureFloridaUnited States
Median annual $37,510 $42,260
Median hourly$18.03$20.32
Mean annual$39,160$42,700
10th percentile$34,350$33,940
90th percentile$46,790$51,980
Employment96,9601,448,910

How Florida compares

By median pay, Florida ranks 11 of the 12 states this site reports for nursing assistants. Ranking is on the published median only. It says nothing about how far that salary goes once housing, state income tax and commuting are paid, and those differences between states are frequently larger than the pay gap itself.

Other states for nursing assistants May 2025

StateMedianHourlyJobs
New York $48,590 $23.36 87,990
California $47,630 $22.90 110,060
Massachusetts $46,680 $22.44 38,130
Illinois $45,960 $22.10 68,640
Pennsylvania $44,590 $21.44 67,740
Virginia $43,200 $20.77 40,580
Michigan $39,570 $19.03 43,290
Ohio $39,010 $18.76 63,280
North Carolina $38,460 $18.49 64,010
Georgia $37,680 $18.12 43,440
Texas $37,500 $18.03 88,680

Common questions

How much do nursing assistants make in Florida?

The median salary for nursing assistants in Florida is $37,510 a year, or $18.03 an hour. That is $4,750 below the national median of $42,260, a difference of 11 percent. Florida employs 96,960 of them.

Is Florida a good state to work as a nursing assistant?

On pay alone, Florida ranks 11 of the 12 states this site reports for the occupation, by median salary. Pay is only half the question though: a state with a higher median can still leave you with less once housing and taxes are counted, and this site does not adjust for cost of living.

What is the pay range for nursing assistants in Florida?

The lowest-paid 10 percent earn $34,350 or less and the highest-paid 10 percent earn $46,790 or more. The middle half falls between $36,040 and $42,310.

Where these numbers come from

Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 31-1131 in Florida. Nothing on this page is interpolated or averaged by this site. See the national nursing assistants salary page for the full picture, or how to read these figures for what the survey covers.