Dentists, All Other Specialists Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $244K, rent takes 10% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,437/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new dentists, all other specialists typically earn — is $131K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $7,837/month. At HUD’s $1,437/month FMR, rent would take 18% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $244K locally vs. $225K nationally, a 9% difference.

Arizona pays $244K median vs. the U.S. average of $225K — that’s +9%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 96.41), the purchasing-power equivalent is $253K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $244,170 a year, that works out to about $117 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $130,620, and experienced dentists, all other specialists can clear $482,250. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $14,401/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,437/month, which eats 10% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Arizona has a Regional Price Parity of 96.41 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median dentists, all other specialists salary is worth about $253,262 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.