State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Dentists, General in Alaska earn a median of $230,990. In Tennessee, $215,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 7.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.3%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-3.7%
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
Tennessee
Dentists, General
- Median
- $215,290
- p25
- $133,710
- p75
- $269,120
- p10
- $84,360
- p90
- $311,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.