State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Georgia vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Georgia, $46,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.2%
Georgia vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
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
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.