State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Indiana vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Indiana, $166,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Indiana vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-19.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Dentists, General
- Median
- $166,650
- p25
- $123,420
- p75
- $281,220
- p10
- $81,370
- p90
- $327,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.