State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Kentucky, $47,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.9%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+4.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Kentucky
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,730
- p25
- $42,400
- p75
- $56,760
- p10
- $35,600
- p90
- $62,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.