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Certified nursing assistant salary in Maryland

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Maryland post a median of $21.25 an hour, the middle half $21–$22.50 (about $44,200 a year full time), $0.75 below the national posted median. From 77 jobs at 22 employers that state their pay.

$21.25
Median posted /hr
$21–$23
Middle half /hr
$44,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$20.79
BLS median in MD
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Certified nursing assistant jobs in Maryland · Certified nursing assistant pay nationwide

What certified nursing assistants are paid in Maryland

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

Posted hourly rates of 77 open jobs in Maryland. Lowest posted $13, highest $30.07.

Posted on open jobs in Maryland

$21–$22.50/hr

Middle half of 49 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $21.25. 73% of the 106 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Maryland state an hourly rate.

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Certified nursing assistant pay by town in Maryland

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Rockville$21.50$18–$2620 (2)
Cumberland$23.25$18.59–$28.118 (2)
Silver Spring$21$17.58–$268 (4)
Easton$21.50$16.43–$27.176 (2)
Baltimore$21$19–$235 (2)
Catonsville$21$17–$244 (2)
Hagerstown$23$13–$28.503 (3)
Frederick$22.50$21–$243 (2)
Ellicott City$22$17.50–$243 (1)
Sykesville$22$16.79–$27.173 (1)
Salisbury$21$16–$25.853 (2)
Columbia$19.75$17–$223 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Certified nursing assistant pay by employer in Maryland

What each employer posts for certified nursing assistants here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Adventist HealthCare$22$18–$2620
UPMC$23.25$18.59–$28.117
Erickson Senior Living$21.25$17–$267
FutureCare$21$17–$237
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$22$16.43–$27.176
Lorien Health Services$21.50$17.50–$266
Fundamental Healthcare$23$18.75–$253
Silverado$22$21–$232
Genesis HealthCare$21.25$19–$23.502
TidalHealth$21$17.41–$24.372
Trinity Health$21$17.58–$242
UnitedHealth Group$18.75$13–$25.852
BAYADA Home Health Care$18$17–$192
PruittHealth$25$20.05–$30.071
ChristianaCare$23.75$19.48–$28.241
PrimeCare Medical$23.75$19–$28.501
Cogir Management, USA$22.50$20–$251
BrightSpring Health Services$22$19–$251
Kisco Senior Living$21$20–$221
Talbot Hospice Foundation$21$17–$251
Corewood Care$20.75$20–$21.501
WVU Medicine$19.50$15.68–$23.511

Median of each employer's jobs in Maryland (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for certified nursing assistants nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift certified nursing assistant pay in Maryland

Where one employer posts both night and other certified nursing assistant jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Adventist HealthCare, MD$22 (6)$22 (14)
Silverado, MD$22 (1)$22 (1)
Trinity Health, MD$21 (1)$20.75 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open certified nursing assistant jobs in Maryland

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Maryland

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Maryland. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$17.34 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.46 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$20.79 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.00 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$23.72 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)27,720 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Certified nursing assistant salary in Maryland: common questions

How much does a certified nursing assistant make in Maryland?

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Maryland that state an hourly rate post a median of $21.25, the middle half $21–$22.50 (77 jobs from 22 employers). Full time that is about $44,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $20.79/hr ($43,240 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Maryland (May 2025).

Where in Maryland do certified nursing assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Rockville ($21.50), Cumberland ($23.25), Silver Spring ($21) and Easton ($21.50). The town table lists 12.

Which employers in Maryland pay certified nursing assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: UPMC ($23.25), Fundamental Healthcare ($23) and Adventist HealthCare ($22).

How does Maryland compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Maryland ($21.25) is $0.75 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey Maryland ranks 23 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 77 of 106 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Maryland (73%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Certified nursing assistant pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Certified nursing assistant salary in Maryland. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/maryland

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