State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Colorado, $166,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 38.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.9%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+39.9%
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
Colorado
Dentists, General
- Median
- $166,240
- p25
- $103,820
- p75
- $210,080
- p10
- $84,590
- p90
- $229,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +63%
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.