State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: California vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In California, $50,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-26.8%
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
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.