State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Missouri
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Missouri, $45,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 30.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.7%
Maine vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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
Missouri
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $45,970
- p25
- $38,990
- p75
- $50,150
- p10
- $36,580
- p90
- $59,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.