State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Delaware vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Delaware, $47,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Delaware vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-27.9%
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
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.