State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Wyoming
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Wyoming, $44,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 33.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.5%
Maine vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+27.5%
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
Wyoming
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $44,990
- p25
- $36,460
- p75
- $48,490
- p10
- $35,530
- p90
- $57,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.