Dental Hygienists Salary in U.S.
SOC 29-1292 · National · 2024 BLS OEWS
The median salary for a Dental Hygienists in U.S. is $94,260 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $45.32 per hour. 219,070 people work as Dental Hygienists in U.S.. Wages have grown 24% since 2019, when the median was $76,220.
Median Annual Salary
$94,260
Mean Annual
$93,890
Median Hourly
$45.32
Total Employed
219,070
Salary Distribution
$66k
10th
$80k
25th
$94k
Median
$103k
75th
$120k
90th
Salary by Industry
| Industry | Median Annual |
|---|---|
| Finance and Insurance | $108,960 |
| Employment Services | $98,480 |
| Administrative and Support Services | $98,460 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | $98,460 |
| Temporary Help Services | $96,810 |
| Facilities Support Services | $95,110 |
| Offices of Dentists | $94,570 |
| Ambulatory Health Care Services | $94,420 |
| Cross-industry, Private Ownership only | $94,390 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | $94,370 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | $93,770 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | $93,770 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | $93,770 |
| Outpatient Care Centers | $89,850 |
| Manufacturing | $89,640 |
| Miscellaneous Manufacturing | $89,640 |
| Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | $89,640 |
| Insurance Carriers and Related Activities | $89,320 |
| Office Administrative Services | $88,800 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $87,720 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $87,720 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $86,040 |
| Offices of Physicians | $84,720 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | $84,270 |
| Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations | $84,270 |
| Social Advocacy Organizations | $84,270 |
| Hospitals | $84,090 |
| Offices of Other Health Practitioners | $83,200 |
| Offices of All Other Health Practitioners | $83,200 |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) | $83,100 |
| Local Government, including Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) | $82,990 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $81,310 |
| Educational Services | $81,310 |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | $80,500 |
| Insurance Carriers | $80,500 |
| Individual and Family Services | $80,140 |
| Social Assistance | $80,140 |
| Other Ambulatory Health Care Services | $80,070 |
| All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services | $80,070 |
| Educational Services | $79,950 |
| Federal Government, including the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) | $78,770 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation) | $78,770 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) | $77,940 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) | $77,940 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, including State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) | $77,940 |
| Technical and Trade Schools | $77,170 |
| Junior Colleges | $74,240 |
| State Government, including Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) | $72,800 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools | $72,560 |
| State Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) | $71,000 |
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $65,990 |
Salary Trend
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| Year | Median Annual |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $94,260 |
| 2023 | $87,530 |
| 2022 | $81,400 |
| 2021 | $77,810 |
| 2020 | $77,090 |
| 2019 | $76,220 |
Related Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations Jobs in U.S.
Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.
| Family Medicine Physicians | $238,380 |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $236,350 |
| Dentists, All Other Specialists | $225,770 |
| Nurse Anesthetists | $223,210 |
| Pediatricians, General | $210,130 |
| Dentists, General | $172,790 |