State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs South Dakota
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In South Dakota, $47,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.3%
Minnesota vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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
South Dakota
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $47,900
- p25
- $47,060
- p75
- $57,890
- p10
- $38,190
- p90
- $60,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.