State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Arkansas, $86,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 52.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.9%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+29.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Arkansas
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $86,760
- p25
- $82,620
- p75
- $93,600
- p10
- $62,170
- p90
- $97,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.