State comparison · 2024
Dental Hygienists salary: Kansas vs Washington
Dental Hygienists in Washington earn a median of $131,160. In Kansas, $82,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 37.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.4%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $82,060
- p25
- $77,750
- p75
- $93,130
- p10
- $64,900
- p90
- $97,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Washington
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $131,160
- p25
- $122,000
- p75
- $134,670
- p10
- $107,090
- p90
- $162,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. 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.