State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs California
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In California, $165,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.5% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.2%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+50.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Dentists, General
- Median
- $230,990
- p25
- $129,910
- p75
- $279,870
- p10
- $124,200
- p90
- $320,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Dentists, General
- Median
- $165,950
- p25
- $124,470
- p75
- $213,260
- p10
- $74,510
- p90
- $272,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.