State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs New Mexico
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In New Mexico, $44,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
Maine vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+28.5%
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 Mexico
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $44,400
- p25
- $38,300
- p75
- $47,160
- p10
- $37,060
- p90
- $55,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.