State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Massachusetts, $57,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 11.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.2%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-17.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $57,980
- p25
- $48,600
- p75
- $60,720
- p10
- $47,270
- p90
- $72,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.