Dentist Salary 2026: Owner vs Associate, DSO, by State

TL;DR — Dentist Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 29-1021 n = $113,490 workers

P50 $172,790

$83,860P10 P25 $126,090 P75 $220,380 P90—

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Dentists in the federal sample earn between $126,090 and $220,380 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	VT	Vermont	$237,786▲3%	$230,990	97.1	0K
02	ND	North Dakota	$228,276▲13%	$201,280	88.2	0K
03	DE	Delaware	$227,513▲1%	$224,690	98.8	0K
04	AK	Alaska	$223,462▼3%	$230,830	103.3	0K
05	WI	Wisconsin	$221,680▲7%	$206,650	93.2	2K
06	MN	Minnesota	$213,444▲2%	$209,820	98.3	3K
07	ME	Maine	$213,201▲2%	$208,860	98	0K
08	AZ	Arizona	$205,138▼1%	$206,660	100.7	3K
· · · · · 33 states omitted · · · · ·
42	WY	Wyoming	$138,568▲9%	$126,860	91.6	0K
43	UT	Utah	$138,190▲4%	$132,270	95.7	1K
44	CO	Colorado	$133,777▼2%	$136,260	101.9	2K
45	NV	Nevada	$127,916▲2%	$125,180	97.9	1K
46	HI	Hawaii	$127,608▼9%	$139,990	109.7	1K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · DENTIST · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 223K ME 213K VT 238K NH 154K WA 183K ID 181K MT 175K ND 228K MN 213K WI 222K MI 188K NY 152K

MA —

RI —

OR 177K NV 128K WY 139K SD 185K IA 197K IL 183K IN 192K OH 169K PA 173K NJ 147K CT 185K CA 159K UT 138K CO 134K NE 186K

MO —

KY 151K WV 164K VA 180K MD 181K DE 228K

DC —

AZ 205K NM 189K KS 189K AR 199K TN 168K NC 203K SC 170K HI 128K TX 162K OK 182K LA 202K MS 148K

AL —

GA 203K FL 157K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $216K+

60–80% $194K

40–60% $172K

20–40% $150K

Bottom 20% $128K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Dentist Salary 2026 — Practice Owner vs Associate, DSO Consolidation, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.