State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Colorado vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Colorado, $48,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Colorado vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-24.2%
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
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.