State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Pennsylvania
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Pennsylvania, $47,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.3%
Maine vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+26%
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
Pennsylvania
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,930
- p25
- $45,620
- p75
- $56,840
- p10
- $38,040
- p90
- $61,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.