State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Hawaii vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Hawaii, $167,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.4%
Hawaii vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-31.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Dentists, General
- Median
- $167,820
- p25
- $93,720
- p75
- $392,340
- p10
- $83,310
- p90
- $416,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.