State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Nebraska
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Nebraska, $46,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.8% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.9%
Minnesota vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+27.8%
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
Nebraska
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,660
- p25
- $43,590
- p75
- $49,370
- p10
- $37,810
- p90
- $57,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.