State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Georgia vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Georgia, $46,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Georgia vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,840
- p25
- $40,270
- p75
- $48,960
- p10
- $36,410
- p90
- $57,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.