State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Iowa vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Iowa, $48,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Iowa vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
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
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.