State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs North Carolina
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In North Carolina, $50,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.2%
Maine vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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
North Carolina
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $50,380
- p25
- $47,680
- p75
- $57,720
- p10
- $38,240
- p90
- $60,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.