State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Connecticut vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Connecticut, $56,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.2%
Connecticut vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $56,850
- p25
- $48,360
- p75
- $59,650
- p10
- $38,630
- p90
- $60,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.