State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Arizona vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Arizona, $49,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Arizona vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
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
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.