State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Utah
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Utah, $37,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 62% — not 59.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.1%
Maine vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+62%
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
Utah
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $37,760
- p25
- $36,400
- p75
- $45,770
- p10
- $35,380
- p90
- $47,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.