State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Indiana vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Indiana, $48,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Indiana vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
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
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.