State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In New Jersey, $171,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.2% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.8%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+43.2%
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
New Jersey
Dentists, General
- Median
- $171,330
- p25
- $132,710
- p75
- $260,000
- p10
- $77,920
- p90
- $349,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- 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.