State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In New Jersey, $49,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.8% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+45.8%
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
New Jersey
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $49,390
- p25
- $45,970
- p75
- $61,290
- p10
- $38,660
- p90
- $64,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.