State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Pennsylvania, $163,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+32.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Dentists, General
- Median
- $163,390
- p25
- $112,640
- p75
- $210,650
- p10
- $65,520
- p90
- $316,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.