State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Delaware vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Delaware, $47,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.8%
Delaware vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-22.9%
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
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.