State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs North Dakota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In North Dakota, $57,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
+13%
Minnesota vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+2%
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
North Dakota
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $57,770
- p25
- $47,150
- p75
- $60,270
- p10
- $43,680
- p90
- $72,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.