State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Mississippi
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Mississippi, $39,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.4% — not 53.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.4%
Maine vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+37.4%
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
Mississippi
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $39,160
- p25
- $36,240
- p75
- $47,450
- p10
- $30,650
- p90
- $58,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.