State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Tennessee, $84,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.7% — not 56.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.8%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+40.7%
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
Tennessee
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $84,640
- p25
- $80,380
- p75
- $94,240
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $98,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.