Here are seven key stats on dental pay, job location and the workforce in 2022:
- Average salary and hourly wage:
- Annual salary: $167,160
- Hourly wage: $80.37
- Top paying cities for dentists
- Manchester, N.H.: $276,510
- Salinas, Calif.: $234,410
- Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif.: $229,800
- Eugene, Ore.: $228,750
- New Haven, Conn.: $227,390
- Akron, Ohio: $225,350
- Gainesville, Fla.: $222,690
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif.: $221,210
- Medford, Ore.: $220,430
- Portsmouth, N.H.-Maine: $220,070
- Offices of health practitioners
- State government, excluding schools and hospitals
- Dental offices
- Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals
- Employment services
- 2021: $167,160
- 2020: $180,830
- 2019: $178,260
- 2018: $175,840
- 2017: $174,110
- The number of dentists in the U.S. increased from 163,409 in 2001 to 201,927 in 2021.
- General practitioners spent an average of 1,435 hours in the office in 2020, compared to 1,715 hours in the office in 2019.
- Wisconsin, Hawaii and Iowa are among the top paying states for dentists.
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