State comparison · 2024
Dental Assistants salary: Kansas vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Kansas, $39,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.7%
Kansas vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $39,840
- p25
- $36,020
- p75
- $48,120
- p10
- $34,480
- p90
- $55,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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 2024. 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.