State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Virginia
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Virginia, $46,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.4% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.9%
Minnesota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+43.4%
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
Virginia
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $46,670
- p25
- $39,160
- p75
- $53,040
- p10
- $37,720
- p90
- $58,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.