The agency released updated compensation data April 3 to reflect May 2023 information, the latest available.
Here is how the annual salary of dentists stacks up against seven other professions in the dental industry:
Mean annual wage: $191,750
Mean hourly wage: $92.19
Mean annual wage: $89,890
Mean hourly wage: $43.21
Mean annual wage: $47,350
Mean hourly wage: $22.77
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
Mean annual wage: $334,310
Mean hourly wage: $160.73
Mean annual wage: $243,620
Mean hourly wage: $117.13
Mean annual wage: $240,750
Mean hourly wage: $115.75
Mean annual wage: $244,470
Mean hourly wage: $117.53
Mean annual wage: $52,390
Mean hourly wage: $25.19
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