State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Michigan, $169,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.9%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+27.7%
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
Michigan
Dentists, General
- Median
- $169,930
- p25
- $132,570
- p75
- $212,630
- p10
- $109,960
- p90
- $303,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -18%
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.