State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Alabama, $39,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.5%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $39,080
- p25
- $36,190
- p75
- $47,100
- p10
- $30,840
- p90
- $51,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $60,580
- p25
- $58,590
- p75
- $74,220
- p10
- $47,530
- p90
- $74,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.