General Dentist Pay in the Southeastern U.S.

Nearly 96,000 general dentists were employed in the U.S. as of May 2020 according to the most current occupational data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  Per BLS data, just under 23,600 of those employed general dentists worked in the twelve-state Southeastern region of the country.  The region was a mostly subpar one in terms of general dentist pay, as ten of the twelve states in the region registered an annual mean wage level for general dentists that was below the national average.  Moreover, four Southeastern states ranked among the ten worst states in the nation for general dentist annual mean wages. Further examination of May 2020 BLS data details the following about general dentist pay in the Southeastern U.S.:

General Dentist Pay in the Southeastern U.S.

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
AL	1,320	$172,050	31st
AR	720	$163,260	40th
FL	7,050	$180,920	25th
GA	2,680	$175,880	30th
KY	760	$128,850	48th
LA	1,130	$145,980	46th
MS	580	$168,250	37th
NC	3,120	$178,980	27th
SC	1,610	$159,810	42nd
TN	1,090	$167,460	38th
VA	3,090	$196,890	19th
WV	410	$127,950	49th
U.S.	95,920	$180,830	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 12, 2021