State comparison · 2025
Dentists, General salary: Minnesota vs Tennessee
Dentists, General in Minnesota earn a median of $219,200. In Tennessee, $215,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 1.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.8%
Minnesota vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
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%
Tennessee
Dentists, General
- Median
- $215,290
- p25
- $133,710
- p75
- $269,120
- p10
- $84,360
- p90
- $311,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.