State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs West Virginia
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In West Virginia, $37,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.9% — not 58.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.2%
Maine vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+45.9%
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
West Virginia
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $37,960
- p25
- $36,360
- p75
- $45,180
- p10
- $31,760
- p90
- $52,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.