State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Massachusetts, $57,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 3.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.6%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
Massachusetts
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $57,980
- p25
- $48,600
- p75
- $60,720
- p10
- $47,270
- p90
- $72,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.