State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Massachusetts, $181,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-22.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Dentists, General
- Median
- $181,600
- p25
- $157,670
- p75
- $315,990
- p10
- $101,470
- p90
- $417,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.