State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Minnesota vs Missouri
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Missouri, $204,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.9%
Minnesota vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
-1.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Missouri
Dentists, General
- Median
- $204,960
- p25
- $131,980
- p75
- $334,680
- p10
- $95,610
- p90
- $427,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +13%
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.