State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Dental Hygienists in Washington earn a median of $131,160. In Tennessee, $84,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.5%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-24.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $84,640
- p25
- $80,380
- p75
- $94,240
- p10
- $76,190
- p90
- $98,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.