State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Minnesota vs North Carolina
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In North Carolina, $207,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 5.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.9%
Minnesota vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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%
North Carolina
Dentists, General
- Median
- $207,000
- p25
- $151,810
- p75
- $232,880
- p10
- $107,810
- p90
- $337,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.