State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Dental Hygienists in North Carolina earn a median of $97,850. In Florida, $91,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 6%.
Nominal pay gap
-6%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
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
North Carolina
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $97,850
- p25
- $84,150
- p75
- $100,930
- p10
- $77,270
- p90
- $103,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.