State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Vermont
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Vermont, $52,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
Minnesota vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+23%
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
Vermont
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $52,760
- p25
- $47,350
- p75
- $60,420
- p10
- $45,260
- p90
- $66,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.