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Certified nursing assistant salary in Virginia

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Virginia post a median of $20.50 an hour, the middle half $19–$21.50 (about $42,600 a year full time), $1.50 below the national posted median. From 131 jobs at 26 employers that state their pay.

$20.50
Median posted /hr
$19–$22
Middle half /hr
$42,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$20.77
BLS median in VA
May 2025

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What certified nursing assistants are paid in Virginia

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

Posted hourly rates of 131 open jobs in Virginia. Lowest posted $14, highest $32.

Posted on open jobs in Virginia

$19–$21.50/hr

Middle half of 54 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $20.50. 74% of the 176 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Virginia state an hourly rate.

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Certified nursing assistant pay by town in Virginia

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Winchester$21.50$18.59–$24.1614 (1)
Fredericksburg$20.75$16–$3212 (3)
Newport News$21.25$16.80–$2811 (1)
Williamsburg$19.50$14–$28.5011 (4)
Richmond$21$16–$2710 (7)
Norfolk$23.50$19.93–$29.447 (2)
Smithfield$20.50$16.80–$24.606 (1)
Onancock$19.25$16.80–$21.836 (1)
Harrisonburg$19$15–$225 (2)
Suffolk$16.75$16–$17.505 (1)
Charlottesville$22$18.37–$274 (2)
Virginia Beach$19.25$17–$234 (2)
Martinsville$18$15–$21.884 (1)
Saluda$22.25$17–$283 (1)
Yorktown$21.50$19–$23.173 (1)
Roanoke$19.75$18.50–$213 (1)

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 Virginia

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Riverside Health$21$16.20–$2835
Valley Health (Virginia)$21.50$18.59–$24.1615
Harmony Senior Services$18$15.50–$21.1215
Mary Washington Healthcare$20.75$18.07–$24.6611
Sunnyside Presbyterian Home$18.50$15–$227
Harbor's Edge/Fort Norfolk Retirement Community$22.50$20–$256
Select Medical$21$16–$25.595
Spring Oak Senior Living$19.50$17.25–$204
BAYADA Home Health Care$17$16–$204
Hospice of the Piedmont$22$20–$243
Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community$19$16.50–$21.703
Williamsburg Landing$23.25$19–$28.502
InnovAge$22.25$18.37–$272
Lucy Corr$22$21–$232
Erickson Senior Living$21.50$17.05–$26.252
Suncrest Health Services$21$18–$232
LifePoint Health$18$15.27–$18.862
Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg$18$182
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$16.50$16.402
Sentara Health$24.75$19.93–$29.441
Genesis HealthCare$24.50$17–$321
Carilion Clinic$22.50$18.70–$26.181
Avenues Recovery$21.50$20–$231
VCU Health$20.75$17.25–$24.121
Ennoble Care$20$201
UnitedHealth Group$19.50$14–$25.101

Median of each employer's jobs in Virginia (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 Virginia

Where one employer posts both night and other certified nursing assistant jobs in the same state (10 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
Riverside Health, VA$19.25 (6)$21.75 (29)
Harmony Senior Services, VA$19.25 (2)$17 (13)
Valley Health (Virginia), VA$21.50 (7)$21.50 (8)
Mary Washington Healthcare, VA$20.75 (8)$20.75 (3)
Harbor's Edge/Fort Norfolk Retirement Community, VA$22.50 (2)$22.50 (4)
Select Medical, VA$21 (2)$21.25 (3)
Spring Oak Senior Living, VA$19.25 (1)$19.50 (3)
LifePoint Health, VA$17 (1)$18.75 (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 Virginia

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

What BLS measures in Virginia

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, Virginia. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$15.17 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$17.80 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$20.77 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.56 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$24.51 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)40,580 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Certified nursing assistant salary in Virginia: common questions

How much does a certified nursing assistant make in Virginia?

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in Virginia that state an hourly rate post a median of $20.50, the middle half $19–$21.50 (131 jobs from 26 employers). Full time that is about $42,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $20.77/hr ($43,200 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Virginia (May 2025).

Where in Virginia do certified nursing assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Winchester ($21.50), Fredericksburg ($20.75), Newport News ($21.25) and Williamsburg ($19.50). The town table lists 16.

Which employers in Virginia pay certified nursing assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Harbor's Edge/Fort Norfolk Retirement Community ($22.50), Hospice of the Piedmont ($22) and Valley Health (Virginia) ($21.50).

How does Virginia compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Virginia ($20.50) is $1.50 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey Virginia ranks 24 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: 131 of 176 open certified nursing assistant jobs in Virginia (74%) 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 Virginia. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/virginia

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