State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Arkansas, $42,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.3%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $42,830
- p25
- $36,790
- p75
- $46,730
- p10
- $35,060
- p90
- $48,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.