State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Kansas, $82,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.3% — not 61.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.7%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+42.3%
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
Kansas
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $82,060
- p25
- $77,750
- p75
- $93,130
- p10
- $64,900
- p90
- $97,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.