State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Pennsylvania, $163,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.4%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+34.7%
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
Pennsylvania
Dentists, General
- Median
- $163,390
- p25
- $112,640
- p75
- $210,650
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $316,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.