State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In New Jersey, $49,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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 Jersey
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $49,390
- p25
- $45,970
- p75
- $61,290
- p10
- $38,660
- p90
- $64,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.