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Dental Hygiene Techs Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

There were about 167,000 dental hygiene techs across the US in 2006. Unemployment for workers was considered very low in the recent past, relative to other occupations. The percentage of employees unemployed in 2006 was 1%.

Flexibility

An estimated 59% of dental hygiene techs work part-time.

Education

Education or job training for workers typically involves an associate degree. At least 33% of employees had a degree of four or more years. About 64% of dental hygiene techs had some college below a bachelor's degree. An estimated 3% of workers had just a high-school diploma.

Local Outlook

The cities with the most employees per capita are Corvallis (Oregon), Bloomington (Illinois), and Lynn (Massachusetts), while the worst cities are Erie (Pennsylvania), Bakersfield (California), and El Paso (Texas). The highest salaries for dental hygiene techs are in and around Santa Rosa (California), San Francisco (California), and Napa (California). The lowest-paying areas are Mobile (Alabama), Cumberland (Maryland), and Florence (Alabama).

Detailed local employment conditions for Dental Hygiene Techs in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Dental Hygiene Techs

Employment info for Dental Hygiene Techs, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.3170$42,000
AlabamaAuburn1.4670$42,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.41910$47,000
AlabamaDecatur1.7100$37,000
AlabamaDothan1.9140$40,000
AlabamaFlorence2.82160$29,000
AlabamaGadsden2.3480$38,000
AlabamaHuntsville1.42340$42,000
AlabamaMobile1.26270$40,000
AlabamaMontgomery0.7140$40,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.19110$39,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.32250$93,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.5490$70,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.821,960$68,000
ArizonaPrescott2.11150$75,000
ArizonaTucson1.33620$73,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.88210$53,000
ArkansasFort Smith0.96130$57,000
ArkansasHot Springs1.350$60,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.3470$47,000
ArkansasLittle Rock0.73300$51,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.3650$68,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.5160$88,000
CaliforniaFresno0.59240$65,000
CaliforniaMadera1.3350$72,000
CaliforniaMerced1.67110$93,000
CaliforniaModesto1.27250$78,000
CaliforniaNapa1.43100$100,000
CaliforniaOakland1.51,930$95,000
CaliforniaOxnard1.57590$68,000
CaliforniaRedding1.45110$75,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.651,080$76,000
CaliforniaSacramento1.131,280$78,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.72130$101,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.981,640$83,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.971,190$93,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.86980$69,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1.49180$78,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana1.172,290$77,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1200$83,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz2.61260$67,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1.64380$112,000
CaliforniaStockton1.37350$79,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.72250$87,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.8130$73,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.5970$83,000
ColoradoBoulder1.28240$78,000
ColoradoColorado Springs1.28400$69,000
ColoradoDenver0.861,340$76,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.59230$73,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.87120$62,000
ConnecticutBridgeport1.43780$73,000
ConnecticutDanbury2.41190$67,000
ConnecticutHartford1.08770$68,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.3440$65,000
ConnecticutNorwich2.02290$68,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.26100$69,000
DelawareWilmington1.11450$65,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.581,690$72,000
FloridaCape Coral1.07280$71,000
FloridaDeltona1.42270$53,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale1.071,010$58,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.43130$58,000
FloridaGainesville1.62210$55,000
FloridaJacksonville0.89680$56,000
FloridaLakeland0.58140$59,000
FloridaMiami0.871,090$55,000
FloridaNaples1.25190$69,000
FloridaOcala1.79200$50,000
FloridaOrlando0.63850$59,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.42340$63,000
FloridaPanama City1.27100$57,000
FloridaPensacola1.07200$53,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.28200$58,000
FloridaPunta Gorda1.6170$56,000
FloridaSarasota1.01350$62,000
FloridaSebastian2.1110$57,000
FloridaTallahassee0.86170$58,000
FloridaTampa0.781,230$56,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.23870$52,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.81120$40,000
GeorgiaAthens1.66140$56,000
GeorgiaAtlanta1.073,240$66,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.66410$53,000
GeorgiaBrunswick0.730$63,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.47190$53,000
GeorgiaDalton0.5650$62,000
GeorgiaGainesville0.6850$53,000
GeorgiaMacon1.74200$51,000
GeorgiaRome1.0240$56,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.05190$59,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins1.6790$38,000
HawaiiHonolulu1.12590$63,000
IdahoBoise1.34440$71,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.2770$67,000
IdahoLewiston1.8340$76,000
IdahoPocatello2.7690$61,000
IllinoisBloomington3.11230$41,000
IllinoisChampaign1.4140$52,000
IllinoisChicago0.934,500$65,000
IllinoisDanville1.1730$54,000
IllinoisPeoria1.32260$42,000
IllinoisRockford1.07190$67,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.6190$53,000
IndianaAnderson1.7270$68,000
IndianaBloomington1.1590$66,000
IndianaColumbus0.6830$71,000
IndianaElkhart0.98150$59,000
IndianaEvansville1.1230$55,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.15300$54,000
IndianaGary0.99340$61,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.141,270$69,000
IndianaKokomo2.07100$57,000
IndianaLafayette1.3110$75,000
IndianaMuncie1.1560$70,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.77290$60,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.1890$73,000
IowaAmes0.9840$67,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.26200$62,000
IowaDavenport1.06230$64,000
IowaDes Moines1.44570$63,000
IowaDubuque1.88110$53,000
IowaSioux City1.0180$59,000
KansasLawrence1.570$59,000
KansasTopeka1.12140$72,000
KansasWichita1.3480$59,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.3180$46,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.570$50,000
KentuckyLexington1.08320$53,000
KentuckyLouisville0.83630$58,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.93100$51,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge0.93410$49,000
LouisianaHouma0.93100$47,000
LouisianaMonroe1.38120$47,000
LouisianaShreveport0.75150
MaineBangor1.4100$54,000
MaineLewiston1.3270$59,000
MainePortland1.48350$61,000
MarylandBaltimore0.881,420$70,000
MarylandBethesda0.97680$65,000
MarylandCumberland2.1580$40,000
MarylandHagerstown0.95110$63,000
MarylandSalisbury1.4180$73,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.81210$63,000
MassachusettsBoston1.082,310$76,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.59160$66,000
MassachusettsFramingham1.48280$76,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.8160$68,000
MassachusettsLawrence2.29150$72,000
MassachusettsLeominster2.73150$73,000
MassachusettsLowell2.17300$76,000
MassachusettsLynn3.1360$72,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford2.6180$64,000
MassachusettsPittsfield2.1180$65,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.75650$65,000
MassachusettsTaunton1.1860$87,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.92590$69,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.56320$62,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.6590$56,000
MichiganBay City2.83100$57,000
MichiganDetroit1.221,130$62,000
MichiganFlint2.41410$55,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.67790$58,000
MichiganHolland2.18270$59,000
MichiganJackson2.15130$56,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.73290$58,000
MichiganLansing2.23540$60,000
MichiganMonroe2.38100$55,000
MichiganMuskegon2.03140$44,000
MichiganNiles1.3390$66,000
MichiganSaginaw2.04190$52,000
MichiganWarren1.992,930$62,000
MinnesotaDuluth1150$56,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis1.122,550$69,000
MinnesotaRochester1.37130$65,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.4160$71,000
MississippiGulfport0.82100$61,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.2580$51,000
MississippiJackson0.98300$43,000
MissouriJoplin1.24110$55,000
MissouriKansas City1.061,360$71,000
MissouriSpringfield1.12260$58,000
MissouriSt Louis0.81,360$60,000
MontanaBillings1.31120$65,000
MontanaGreat Falls0.8330
MontanaMissoula1.87110$62,000
NebraskaLincoln1.28240$61,000
NebraskaOmaha0.57320$71,000
NevadaCarson City1.6650$88,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.78920$73,000
NevadaReno1.33350$79,000
New HampshireManchester1.74200$75,000
New HampshireNashua1.54250$76,000
New HampshirePortsmouth2.34150$70,000
New HampshireRochester1.99120$73,000
New JerseyAtlantic City0.85140$72,000
New JerseyCamden1.02680$71,000
New JerseyEdison1.191,520$69,000
New JerseyNewark0.881,120$78,000
New JerseyTrenton0.87230$69,000
New JerseyVineland0.7850$64,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.01480$76,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.2280$65,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.0160$80,000
New YorkAlbany1.35730$58,000
New YorkBinghamton1.81230$47,000
New YorkBuffalo1.24820$48,000
New YorkElmira1.7670$48,000
New YorkGlens Falls0.7240$69,000
New YorkIthaca0.9540$59,000
New YorkKingston1.66110$68,000
New YorkNassau1.32,040$67,000
New YorkNew York0.664,220$72,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.3380$66,000
New YorkRochester1.54960$55,000
New YorkSyracuse1.37510$52,000
New YorkUtica1.41210$61,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.17250$55,000
North CarolinaCharlotte11,090$61,000
North CarolinaDurham0.99320$57,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.15160$54,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.1750$56,000
North CarolinaGreensboro1.09500$61,000
North CarolinaGreenville1.0280$66,000
North CarolinaJacksonville1.9280$59,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.02640$66,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.66110$65,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.18200$63,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.03270$64,000
North DakotaFargo1.94260$53,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.2970$51,000
OhioAkron1.04430$56,000
OhioCanton0.68140$61,000
OhioCincinnati1.11,420$64,000
OhioCleveland1.011,360$62,000
OhioColumbus0.961,110$68,000
OhioDayton0.84410$62,000
OhioLima1.1870$52,000
OhioMansfield1.0560$65,000
OhioSpringfield1.1360$60,000
OhioToledo1.41560$56,000
OhioYoungstown1.2350$53,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.09770$54,000
OklahomaTulsa0.99520$60,000
OregonCorvallis3.17100$76,000
OregonEugene1.8320$76,000
OregonMedford1.67160$71,000
OregonPortland1.491,940$75,000
OregonSalem1.02180$74,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.12460$54,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.1880$48,000
PennsylvaniaErie0.5280$51,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg0.82300$54,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.2580$51,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.41400$59,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.0350$55,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.052,460$62,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.91,290$47,000
PennsylvaniaReading0.97190$53,000
PennsylvaniaScranton0.66210$52,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport0.9150$45,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.12240$53,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.26920$67,000
South CarolinaAnderson2.29150$53,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.21430$50,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.08460$52,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.2120$50,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.88330$49,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1.36190$47,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.45210$50,000
South CarolinaSumter1.3850$47,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.13180$59,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.18320$53,000
TennesseeClarksville1.38120$56,000
TennesseeCleveland1.7570$50,000
TennesseeJackson1.0160$57,000
TennesseeJohnson City0.9380$62,000
TennesseeKingsport1.59210$49,000
TennesseeKnoxville1.15470$58,000
TennesseeMemphis0.87680$57,000
TennesseeNashville0.66630$52,000
TexasAbilene1.0570$63,000
TexasAmarillo0.7890$50,000
TexasAustin0.73680$71,000
TexasBeaumont1.02190$58,000
TexasBrownsville0.77110$64,000
TexasCollege Station0.980$63,000
TexasCorpus Christi0.92190$49,000
TexasDallas0.812,120$69,000
TexasEl Paso0.45140$52,000
TexasFort Worth0.87910$64,000
TexasHouston0.732,310$67,000
TexasKilleen0.97130$62,000
TexasLongview1.05110$55,000
TexasLubbock0.74100$60,000
TexasMidland0.7350$57,000
TexasOdessa0.6840$59,000
TexasSan Antonio0.9920$55,000
TexasTexarkana1.1160$50,000
TexasTyler0.8690$56,000
TexasVictoria1.7890$49,000
TexasWaco0.5460$62,000
TexasWichita Falls1.1470$55,000
UtahOgden1.35310$56,000
UtahProvo1.49300$69,000
UtahSalt Lake City0.74560$63,000
VermontBurlington1.8230$53,000
VirginiaCharlottesville1.2130$75,000
VirginiaDanville1.660$61,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.3480$67,000
VirginiaLynchburg0.7690$68,000
VirginiaRichmond0.91690$68,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.11210$62,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.68640$65,000
VirginiaWinchester0.8650$61,000
WashingtonBellingham1.56140$84,000
WashingtonBremerton1.89170$91,000
WashingtonKennewick1.51150$87,000
WashingtonLongview2.2680$70,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.7380$98,000
WashingtonOlympia1.56170$86,000
WashingtonSeattle1.422,560$92,000
WashingtonSpokane1.47370$76,000
WashingtonTacoma1.61530$83,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.3860$89,000
WashingtonYakima1.85170$82,000
West VirginiaCharleston0.98170$50,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.06140$47,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.0860$49,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.0380$46,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.3760$47,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.52110$45,000
WisconsinAppleton1.63220$59,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.65140$55,000
WisconsinFond2.21100$56,000
WisconsinGreen Bay1.32260$59,000
WisconsinJanesville0.9470$53,000
WisconsinLa Crosse2160$55,000
WisconsinMadison0.99400$59,000
WisconsinMilwaukee1.311,410$56,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.59150$56,000
WisconsinRacine1.14100$58,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.1170$58,000
WisconsinWausau1.1890$53,000
WyomingCasper2.0780$52,000
WyomingCheyenne1.4260$61,000

 

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