State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Kentucky vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Kentucky, $134,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.1% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Kentucky vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-33.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Dentists, General
- Median
- $134,160
- p25
- $103,720
- p75
- $165,180
- p10
- $44,820
- p90
- $344,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.