State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Arkansas vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Arkansas, $42,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.7%
Arkansas vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-20.3%
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
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.