State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs North Dakota
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In North Dakota, $57,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 4%.
Nominal pay gap
+4%
Maine vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
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
North Dakota
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $57,770
- p25
- $47,150
- p75
- $60,270
- p10
- $43,680
- p90
- $72,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.