State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Pennsylvania, $80,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.9% — not 64.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.6%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+56.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $80,610
- p25
- $75,620
- p75
- $99,950
- p10
- $63,130
- p90
- $103,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.