State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Florida vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Florida, $47,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Florida vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
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
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.