State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Maryland, $168,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.6% — not 37.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.1%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+40.6%
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
Maryland
Dentists, General
- Median
- $168,500
- p25
- $134,850
- p75
- $215,960
- p10
- $107,880
- p90
- $254,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.