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Certified nursing assistant salary in Texas

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Texas post a median of $20.25 an hour, the middle half $18.50–$21.25 (about $42,100 a year full time), $1.75 below the national posted median. From 53 jobs at 22 employers that state their pay.

$20.25
Median posted /hr
$19–$21
Middle half /hr
$42,100
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.03
BLS median in TX
May 2025

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

What certified nursing assistants are paid in Texas

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

Posted hourly rates of 53 open jobs in Texas. Lowest posted $14, highest $32.37.

Posted on open jobs in Texas

$18.50–$21.25/hr

Middle half of 39 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $20.25. 22% of the 238 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Texas state an hourly rate.

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Certified nursing assistant pay by town in Texas

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Houston$20.75$14–$26.357 (4)
Lubbock$22.25$16.14–$32.376 (1)
Round Rock$20.50$17–$26.356 (2)
San Antonio$20.25$14–$28.806 (5)
Dallas$17.75$17–$18.504 (2)
Fort Worth$20.75$16.50–$253 (2)
Abilene$18$15.24–$22.723 (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 Texas

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Providence$20.50$16.14–$32.377
UnitedHealth Group$21.25$14–$28.806
Caraday Healthcare$18.50$17–$225
Select Medical$21.25$17–$26.933
Fundamental Healthcare$20.75$16.50–$253
Erickson Senior Living$20$14–$26.253
Lifespace Communities$19.75$15.24–$22.723
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$18.50$18.50–$20.503
Bay 9 Holdings$17$173
Ascension$20.50$16.43–$25.052
University Health System - San Antonio$19.25$17.85–$21.502
Alpha Omega Hospice$18.50$17–$202
Ignite Medical Resorts$18$15–$212
Exalt Health Rehabilitation Conroe$25$251
Medical Center Hospital$22.25$16.97–$27.491
Jet Health$21.50$18–$251
Llano Nursing & Rehab$21.25$20.50–$221
Touchstone Health$21$20–$221
BrightSpring Health Services$18.50$17–$201
Amedisys$18$16–$201
The Oaks At Radford Hills$18$16–$201
Giving Home Health Care$17.50$16–$191

Median of each employer's jobs in Texas (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 Texas

Where one employer posts both night and other certified nursing assistant jobs in the same state (4 such employers and states), the night jobs post a median $0.25 an hour less than the rest. Many employers state a night differential apart from the base pay, which this does not count.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Providence, TX$20.50 (1)$20.50 (6)
Select Medical, TX$21 (1)$22.50 (2)
Select Medical, MO$21 (1)$21.25 (1)
Select Medical, NJ$21 (1)$21.25 (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 Texas

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

What BLS measures in Texas

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, Texas. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$14.72 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$16.97 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.03 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$20.71 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.84 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)88,680 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Certified nursing assistant salary in Texas: common questions

How much does a certified nursing assistant make in Texas?

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Texas that state an hourly rate post a median of $20.25, the middle half $18.50–$21.25 (53 jobs from 22 employers). Full time that is about $42,100 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.03/hr ($37,500 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Texas (May 2025).

Where in Texas do certified nursing assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Houston ($20.75), Lubbock ($22.25), Round Rock ($20.50) and San Antonio ($20.25). The town table lists 7.

Which employers in Texas pay certified nursing assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: UnitedHealth Group ($21.25), Select Medical ($21.25) and Fundamental Healthcare ($20.75).

How does Texas compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Texas ($20.25) is $1.75 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey Texas ranks 44 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: 53 of 238 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Texas (22%) 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 Texas. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/texas

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