State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Indiana vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Indiana, $48,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 19%.
Nominal pay gap
-19%
Indiana vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-15.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,670
- p25
- $45,860
- p75
- $57,720
- p10
- $36,880
- p90
- $60,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.