Dental Hygienist Salary 2026: Hourly, DSO vs Private, by State

TL;DR — Dental Hygienist Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 29-1292 n = $219,070 workers

P50 $94,260

$66,470P10 P25 $80,060 P75 $102,920 P90$120,060

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Dental Hygienists in the federal sample earn between $80,060 and $102,920 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	AK	Alaska	$125,618▼3%	$129,760	103.3	1K
02	WA	Washington	$115,687▼8%	$125,370	108.4	5K
03	DC	District of Columbia	$115,524▼10%	$127,900	110.7	0K
04	OR	Oregon	$112,850▼5%	$118,280	104.8	4K
05	OK	Oklahoma	$108,097▲13%	$95,860	88.7	3K
06	CA	California	$107,919▼11%	$121,080	112.2	23K
07	NM	New Mexico	$105,967▲10%	$96,410	91	1K
08	NV	Nevada	$105,415▲2%	$103,160	97.9	2K
· · · · · 38 states omitted · · · · ·
47	RI	Rhode Island	$81,193▼2%	$82,870	102.1	1K
48	WV	West Virginia	$81,075▲12%	$72,670	89.6	1K
49	FL	Florida	$78,245▼4%	$81,090	103.6	14K
50	MS	Mississippi	$76,378▲15%	$66,290	86.8	2K
51	AL	Alabama	$67,163▲12%	$59,840	89.1	3K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · DENTAL HYGIENIST · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 126K ME 91K VT 102K NH 92K WA 116K ID 92K MT 104K ND 94K MN 101K WI 90K MI 86K NY 89K MA 94K RI 81K OR 113K NV 105K WY 90K SD 96K IA 93K IL 98K IN 98K OH 89K PA 84K NJ 94K CT 92K CA 108K UT 86K CO 105K NE 93K MO 91K KY 86K WV 81K VA 98K MD 101K DE 101K DC 116K AZ 97K NM 106K KS 91K AR 96K TN 89K NC 95K SC 87K HI 88K TX 97K OK 108K LA 91K MS 76K AL 67K GA 87K FL 78K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $114K+

60–80% $102K

40–60% $91K

20–40% $79K

Bottom 20% $67K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Dental Hygienist Salary 2026 — Hourly vs Annual, DSO vs Private, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.