State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Colorado vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Colorado, $166,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Colorado vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Dentists, General
- Median
- $166,240
- p25
- $103,820
- p75
- $210,080
- p10
- $84,590
- p90
- $229,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +63%
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.