Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Dental Hygienist Pay in the Top 20 Metro Areas

Most dental hygienists work in dental offices, with smaller numbers found working with employment agencies, in physician offices, and in outpatient care centers. There were approximately 207,200 dental hygienists working in the U.S. as of May 2021 according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports. Like many other trained healthcare professionals with advanced technical skills, dental hygienists earn salaries and wages in excess of that earned by workers in most other occupations. Per BLS estimates, as of May 2021, the national mean wage for dental hygienists was $81,360 annually.  Pay for the profession varies widely by region, with dental hygienists in some regions making double what their counterparts made elsewhere. As of May 2021, BLS data shows the following about dental hygienist pay in the top 20 metro areas in the United States:

Dental Hygienist Pay in the Top 20 Metro Areas

Metropolitan Area # Employed Mean Annual Wage
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City 9,570 $91,530
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 10,150 $104,840
3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 6,960 $79,540
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 4,440 $75,660
5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land 2,340 $78,030
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 4,360 $88,820
7 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 4,790 $83,000
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 2,160 $73,360
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta 2,410 $79,660
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton 3,980 $87,680
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler 2,370 $84,540
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley 3,270 $119,320
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 1,040 $107,330
14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 3,360 $66,430
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 4,260 $111,600
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 3,310 $81,470
17 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad 1,870 $102,810
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 1,910 $74,530
19 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood 1,790 $90,570
20 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson 1,910 $90,800
National 207,190 $81,360

Report Period:  May 2021
Top 20 U.S. Metro areas from the 2020 Census
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Occupational Statistics
Data extracted on October 1, 2022

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