State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Dental Hygienists in Washington earn a median of $131,160. In Mississippi, $67,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 48.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.7%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $67,280
- p25
- $63,000
- p75
- $74,600
- p10
- $58,810
- p90
- $83,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Washington
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $131,160
- p25
- $122,000
- p75
- $134,670
- p10
- $107,090
- p90
- $162,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.