State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Colorado, $48,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.2%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,340
- p25
- $45,520
- p75
- $58,340
- p10
- $38,500
- p90
- $60,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.