State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Florida vs Illinois
Dental Hygienists in Illinois earn a median of $96,670. In Florida, $91,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.9%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $91,980
- p25
- $80,190
- p75
- $96,060
- p10
- $75,960
- p90
- $99,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
Illinois
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $96,670
- p25
- $79,400
- p75
- $101,800
- p10
- $74,280
- p90
- $118,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.