State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Colorado vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Colorado, $48,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Colorado vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-29.2%
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
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.