State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Pennsylvania, $47,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
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
Pennsylvania
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,930
- p25
- $45,620
- p75
- $56,840
- p10
- $38,040
- p90
- $61,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.