State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Washington
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Washington, $58,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 3.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.4%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
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
Washington
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $58,090
- p25
- $48,780
- p75
- $62,340
- p10
- $46,280
- p90
- $68,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.