State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Kentucky vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Kentucky, $47,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.1% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
Kentucky vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-20.1%
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
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.