State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Dental Hygienists in Illinois earn a median of $96,670. In Indiana, $92,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.7%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Indiana
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $92,330
- p25
- $81,250
- p75
- $99,020
- p10
- $74,970
- p90
- $102,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.