State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Illinois vs Texas
Dental Hygienists in Texas earn a median of $99,240. In Illinois, $96,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 2.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.6%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
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
Texas
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $99,240
- p25
- $85,280
- p75
- $107,320
- p10
- $71,530
- p90
- $117,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.