State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Massachusetts, $181,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+31.4%
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
Massachusetts
Dentists, General
- Median
- $181,600
- p25
- $157,670
- p75
- $315,990
- p10
- $101,470
- p90
- $417,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.