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What nursing assistants make
Median
$42,260
Bottom tenth
$33,940
Top tenth
$51,980
The national median is $42,260 a year, the bottom tenth earn $33,940 or less and the top tenth $51,980 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey line for nursing assistants, the one that names the certified nursing assistant title. A separate and lower line covers home health and personal care aides, who do similar work in people's homes without the nursing certificate, and their median is $35,800.