State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Tennessee
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Tennessee, $46,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
Maine vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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
Tennessee
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,720
- p25
- $44,440
- p75
- $59,270
- p10
- $37,810
- p90
- $61,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.