State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Idaho vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Idaho, $45,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.7%
Idaho vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-27.4%
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
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.