State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs South Dakota
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In South Dakota, $47,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.4%
Maine vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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 Dakota
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,900
- p25
- $47,060
- p75
- $57,890
- p10
- $38,190
- p90
- $60,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.