State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Michigan
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Michigan, $48,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
Maine vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
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
Michigan
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,820
- p25
- $45,390
- p75
- $56,940
- p10
- $37,110
- p90
- $58,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.