State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs New York
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In New York, $48,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.5% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+48.5%
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 York
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $48,110
- p25
- $44,730
- p75
- $58,630
- p10
- $36,410
- p90
- $60,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.