State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Missouri
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Missouri, $45,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
Minnesota vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Missouri
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $45,970
- p25
- $38,990
- p75
- $50,150
- p10
- $36,580
- p90
- $59,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.