State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs New York
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In New York, $48,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.7% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+38.7%
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 York
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,110
- p25
- $44,730
- p75
- $58,630
- p10
- $36,410
- p90
- $60,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.