State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Kentucky, $134,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.7% — not 72.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.2%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+51.7%
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
Kentucky
Dentists, General
- Median
- $134,160
- p25
- $103,720
- p75
- $165,180
- p10
- $44,820
- p90
- $344,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.