State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Dental Hygienists in New York earn a median of $106,130. In Massachusetts, $100,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.2%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-3.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $100,640
- p25
- $98,150
- p75
- $106,220
- p10
- $93,510
- p90
- $117,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
New York
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $106,130
- p25
- $89,960
- p75
- $121,740
- p10
- $77,680
- p90
- $126,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.