State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Hawaii vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Hawaii, $44,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.6% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Hawaii vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-38.6%
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
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.