State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Maryland
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Maryland, $48,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.5%
Maine vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+33.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Maryland
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,620
- p25
- $41,600
- p75
- $58,820
- p10
- $35,560
- p90
- $61,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.