State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Michigan vs Minnesota
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Michigan, $169,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.5%
Michigan vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-20.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Dentists, General
- Median
- $169,930
- p25
- $132,570
- p75
- $212,630
- p10
- $109,960
- p90
- $303,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -18%
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.