State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs South Carolina
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In South Carolina, $47,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.9%
Maine vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
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
South Carolina
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,320
- p25
- $43,000
- p75
- $50,780
- p10
- $37,070
- p90
- $58,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.