This document discusses factors that affect the pay for certified nursing assistants (CNAs), including location, education, experience, and employer. Location has a significant impact, as the average salary for a CNA in New York is $33,400 compared to $26,400 in Iowa due to differences in cost of living. Education level and training can increase pay up to $30,000 for a CNA with more education. Experience also leads to higher earnings over time. Employers such as hospitals generally pay more at $11-15 per hour compared to $10-13 at nursing homes and private care centers. On average nationally, the annual wage for CNAs is $26,820 or $12.90 per

1. Perks and Payroll of CNA
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2. Table of Content
Factors Effecting Payroll…………........ 3
Location……….………..….....3
Education……………..……...5
Experience…………….……..6
Employers………….….…......6
Wages ………………………………….......9
National Wages ……………...10

3. Factors effecting payroll
Here are some different factors that should be kept in
mind before getting a job at any place as they can
influence the amount of money you may earn.
• Location: Salaries for CNA are also different in
every state. The cost of living in any state
determines the salary offered in any occupation.
According to this average salary earned by a CNA in
New York is $33,400 and Iowa, having low cost of
living provides an average earning of$26,400.

5. Factors effecting payroll
• Education:
For many professions, the degree of education and the
amount of training that you get plays a vital role in fixing
salary.
Salary earned by a CNA having the minimum required education would
be up to $20,000, where as a CNA with highest education as well as
more training experience can earn up to $30,000.

6. Factors effecting payroll
• Experience: It is said that the longer you work in
any occupation, the higher you will earn in it.
Moreover, you can also earn more experience and
money if you keep on studying and gain on hand working
experience.
• Employers: Another major factor affecting the
payroll is the place where you are employed. Here are
some estimates of salary according to different nursing
homes, care centers and hospitals.

8. Factors effecting payroll
– Nursing homes and care centers provide long term care
facilities, so CNAs employed there are paid about $10-$13
hourly.
– For home aides the hourly pay is $8-$11 as they are controlled
by private companies and you have to travel from one patient to
another.
– Hospitals offer $11-$15 hourly which is more than that of care
center and nursing homes.

9. Wages

10. Wages
National wages
• According to the United Stated Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for May 2015, annual average wage earned by
a CNA was $26,820 and the wage earned hourly had an
average of $12.90 with the total of 1,420,570 employees
working as a CNA.
• The nursing assistant working in private hospitals and
care centers are paid up to $12.10 whereas the CNA
working for federal government are paid up to $13.50
hourly.

11. National Average Salary
90%/$36890
75%/$30530
50%/$25280
25%/$21780
10%/$19390