State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Maine
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Maine, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.8%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+28.8%
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
Maine
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $97,680
- p25
- $88,400
- p75
- $102,440
- p10
- $83,420
- p90
- $108,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.