State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs New Hampshire
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In New Hampshire, $59,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 9.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.6%
Minnesota vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+15.9%
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
New Hampshire
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $59,530
- p25
- $49,260
- p75
- $61,160
- p10
- $47,820
- p90
- $64,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.