State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Maine, $60,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8%
Maine vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
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
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.