State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Kentucky vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Kentucky, $47,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Kentucky vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,730
- p25
- $42,400
- p75
- $56,760
- p10
- $35,600
- p90
- $62,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.