State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Alaska, $57,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 11.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.6%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
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
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.