State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Arizona vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Arizona, $49,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Arizona vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
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
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.