State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Connecticut
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Connecticut, $160,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.7% — not 44%.
Nominal pay gap
+44%
Alaska vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+45.7%
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
Connecticut
Dentists, General
- Median
- $160,440
- p25
- $121,420
- p75
- $205,220
- p10
- $89,430
- p90
- $362,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.