State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In North Carolina, $207,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 11.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.6%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+2.8%
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
North Carolina
Dentists, General
- Median
- $207,000
- p25
- $151,810
- p75
- $232,880
- p10
- $107,810
- p90
- $337,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.