State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Hawaii vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Hawaii, $44,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Hawaii vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $44,720
- p25
- $37,580
- p75
- $48,120
- p10
- $31,540
- p90
- $50,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.