State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Iowa vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Iowa, $48,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.4%
Iowa vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,430
- p25
- $45,990
- p75
- $57,620
- p10
- $39,360
- p90
- $59,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.