State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Oregon
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Oregon, $59,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 9.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.7%
Minnesota vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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
Oregon
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $59,490
- p25
- $56,600
- p75
- $63,520
- p10
- $49,010
- p90
- $75,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.