State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Idaho vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Idaho, $45,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Idaho vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $45,880
- p25
- $39,800
- p75
- $57,690
- p10
- $37,430
- p90
- $59,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.