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Certified nursing assistant pay at Essentia Health

Essentia Health posts $15–$29.67 an hour for certified nursing assistants, a median of $21.50 across 52 open jobs that state their pay, $0.50 below the $22 other employers post. Read from Essentia Health's own job board.

$21.50
Median posted /hr
$15–$30
Lowest to highest /hr
$44,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$22
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: Essentia Health jobs · Certified nursing assistant pay nationwide · About Essentia Health

What certified nursing assistants are paid at Essentia Health

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 52 open jobs at Essentia Health. Lowest posted $15, highest $29.67.

Posted on open jobs at Essentia Health

$20–$22.25/hr

Middle half of the employer's 52 jobs stating pay, median $21.50. 90% of the 58 open certified nursing assistant jobs at Essentia Health state an hourly rate.

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Every range Essentia Health posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Essentia Health certified nursing assistant pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Minnesota$21$15–$29.6747
North Dakota$22$17.63–$26.454
Wisconsin$20.75$17.81–$23.701

A state's name opens what every employer posts for certified nursing assistants there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Essentia Health's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for certified nursing assistants (each of their advertised ranges once).

Essentia Health

$21.50/hr median

Middle half $20–$22.25, from 52 jobs stating pay.

351 other employers

$22/hr median

Middle half $20–$24.50, from 2,333 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open certified nursing assistant jobs at Essentia Health

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Certified nursing assistant pay at Essentia Health: common questions

How much does Essentia Health pay certified nursing assistants?

Essentia Health's open certified nursing assistant jobs post $15–$29.67 an hour, a median of $21.50 over 52 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $44,700 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Essentia Health pay certified nursing assistants more than other employers?

Its posted median ($21.50) is $0.50 below the median of 351 other employers' rates for certified nursing assistants ($22, middle half $20–$24.50). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Essentia Health pay certified nursing assistants the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: North Dakota ($22, 4 jobs), Minnesota ($21, 47 jobs) and Wisconsin ($20.75, 1 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 52 of 58 open certified nursing assistant jobs at Essentia Health (90%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Essentia Health

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Certified nursing assistant pay at Essentia Health. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/essentia-health

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