State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Ohio
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Ohio, $47,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
Maine vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+19.7%
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
Ohio
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,970
- p25
- $42,660
- p75
- $59,520
- p10
- $36,870
- p90
- $78,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.