State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Alabama vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Alabama, $39,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.9%
Alabama vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-28.9%
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
Maine
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $60,070
- p25
- $49,250
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $47,290
- p90
- $62,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.