State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Kansas, $170,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.8%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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
Kansas
Dentists, General
- Median
- $170,090
- p25
- $119,040
- p75
- $202,860
- p10
- $67,610
- p90
- —
- 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.