State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Missouri, $204,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
-0.1%
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
Missouri
Dentists, General
- Median
- $204,960
- p25
- $131,980
- p75
- $334,680
- p10
- $95,610
- p90
- $427,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +13%
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.