State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Dental Assistants in District of Columbia earn a median of $60,580. In Massachusetts, $57,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.5%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+0.6%
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
Massachusetts
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $57,980
- p25
- $48,600
- p75
- $60,720
- p10
- $47,270
- p90
- $72,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.