State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Montana
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Montana, $46,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Maine vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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
Montana
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,680
- p25
- $43,820
- p75
- $49,920
- p10
- $37,340
- p90
- $57,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.