State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Alabama vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Alabama, $39,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.1%
Alabama vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-33.5%
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
Minnesota
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $65,270
- p25
- $59,940
- p75
- $74,410
- p10
- $46,960
- p90
- $76,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.