State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Iowa vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Iowa, $181,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Iowa vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Dentists, General
- Median
- $181,520
- p25
- $136,100
- p75
- $209,880
- p10
- $100,920
- p90
- $259,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +22%
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.