State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Arizona vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Arizona, $194,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.4%
Arizona vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Dentists, General
- Median
- $194,180
- p25
- $118,910
- p75
- $221,380
- p10
- $62,230
- p90
- $336,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Minnesota
Dentists, General
- Median
- $219,200
- p25
- $194,990
- p75
- $220,230
- p10
- $132,930
- p90
- $226,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.