State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Connecticut vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Connecticut, $56,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.4%
Connecticut vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
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
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.