State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Tennessee
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Tennessee, $46,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.7%
Minnesota vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+30.2%
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
Tennessee
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,720
- p25
- $44,440
- p75
- $59,270
- p10
- $37,810
- p90
- $61,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.