State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Virginia
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Virginia, $46,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.7%
Maine vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+34%
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
Virginia
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,670
- p25
- $39,160
- p75
- $53,040
- p10
- $37,720
- p90
- $58,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.