State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Louisiana vs Maine
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Louisiana, $44,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
Louisiana vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-19.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $44,090
- p25
- $36,590
- p75
- $46,630
- p10
- $31,050
- p90
- $49,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.