State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Maryland, $48,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.5%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-30%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,620
- p25
- $41,600
- p75
- $58,820
- p10
- $35,560
- p90
- $61,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
Minnesota
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $65,270
- p25
- $59,940
- p75
- $74,410
- p10
- $46,960
- p90
- $76,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.