State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Rhode Island
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Rhode Island, $50,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
Maine vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+26.2%
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
Rhode Island
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $50,150
- p25
- $48,070
- p75
- $59,170
- p10
- $45,640
- p90
- $60,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.