State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Wisconsin
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Wisconsin, $47,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
Maine vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
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
Wisconsin
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,520
- p25
- $45,560
- p75
- $55,630
- p10
- $39,500
- p90
- $58,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.