State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Alabama, $61,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.8% — not 53.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.9%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-46.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $61,160
- p25
- $58,800
- p75
- $63,410
- p10
- $48,960
- p90
- $72,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $132,690
- p25
- $130,340
- p75
- $136,450
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $138,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.