State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: California vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In California, $50,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $50,110
- p25
- $46,270
- p75
- $60,670
- p10
- $38,790
- p90
- $73,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.