State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Kentucky, $78,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.3% — not 68.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.3%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+48.3%
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
Kentucky
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $78,830
- p25
- $67,880
- p75
- $91,800
- p10
- $61,280
- p90
- $98,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.