State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Wyoming
Dental Assistants in Minnesota earn a median of $65,270. In Wyoming, $44,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 45.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.1%
Minnesota vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+36.4%
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
Wyoming
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $44,990
- p25
- $36,460
- p75
- $48,490
- p10
- $35,530
- p90
- $57,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.