State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Oregon
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Oregon, $59,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
+1%
Maine vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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
Oregon
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $59,490
- p25
- $56,600
- p75
- $63,520
- p10
- $49,010
- p90
- $75,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.