State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Illinois vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Illinois, $48,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Illinois vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,610
- p25
- $40,390
- p75
- $56,860
- p10
- $37,360
- p90
- $59,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.