State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Connecticut vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Connecticut, $56,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 12.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.9%
Connecticut vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
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
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.