State comparison · 2024
Dental Assistants salary: Kansas vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Kansas, $39,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
Kansas vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-33.2%
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
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 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.