State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Illinois vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Illinois, $156,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.8%
Illinois vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-29.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Dentists, General
- Median
- $156,110
- p25
- $124,800
- p75
- $272,510
- p10
- $123,920
- p90
- $291,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.