State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Arizona, $49,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $49,000
- p25
- $46,050
- p75
- $57,880
- p10
- $38,500
- p90
- $59,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.