State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Maine vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Maine, $209,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
Maine vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Dentists, General
- Median
- $209,200
- p25
- $160,980
- p75
- $351,830
- p10
- $152,740
- p90
- $385,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.