State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Oklahoma
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Oklahoma, $97,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Alaska vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $132,690
- p25
- $130,340
- p75
- $136,450
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $138,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Oklahoma
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $97,580
- p25
- $95,980
- p75
- $103,210
- p10
- $81,290
- p90
- $119,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.