State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Alaska, $57,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.7%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+2.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $57,710
- p25
- $47,480
- p75
- $61,370
- p10
- $40,300
- p90
- $62,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.