State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Delaware, $47,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,600
- p25
- $43,480
- p75
- $55,650
- p10
- $36,410
- p90
- $56,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.