State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs New Mexico
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In New Mexico, $44,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.5% — not 47%.
Nominal pay gap
+47%
Minnesota vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+37.5%
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 Mexico
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $44,400
- p25
- $38,300
- p75
- $47,160
- p10
- $37,060
- p90
- $55,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.