State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Oklahoma
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Oklahoma, $45,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 42.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.7%
Minnesota vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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
Oklahoma
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $45,740
- p25
- $37,210
- p75
- $47,990
- p10
- $36,030
- p90
- $58,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.