State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Arkansas vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Arkansas, $42,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Arkansas vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-25.5%
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
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.