State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs New Hampshire
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In New Hampshire, $59,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.9%
Maine vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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
New Hampshire
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $59,530
- p25
- $49,260
- p75
- $61,160
- p10
- $47,820
- p90
- $64,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.