State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Florida vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Florida, $47,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Florida vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-25.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,620
- p25
- $45,120
- p75
- $54,690
- p10
- $37,800
- p90
- $58,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.