State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Dental Hygienists in Washington earn a median of $131,160. In Rhode Island, $86,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.7%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $86,910
- p25
- $84,030
- p75
- $91,160
- p10
- $83,800
- p90
- $100,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.