State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Connecticut vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Connecticut, $160,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.8%
Connecticut vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Dentists, General
- Median
- $160,440
- p25
- $121,420
- p75
- $205,220
- p10
- $89,430
- p90
- $362,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.