State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Nevada
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Nevada, $47,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.3% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.5%
Maine vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+31.3%
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
Nevada
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,110
- p25
- $37,760
- p75
- $48,450
- p10
- $36,870
- p90
- $56,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.