State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: California vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In California, $50,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.2%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-31.6%
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
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.