State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Alaska vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Alaska, $57,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 3.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.9%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
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
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.