The Bureau of Labor Statistics updated wage and salary data for several dental specialties and roles March 31 to reflect 2021 information.
Top paying metropolitan areas for dental assistants and hygienists:
- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif.: $55,150
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Bloomington, Wis.: $55,020
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.: $54,590
- Santa Rosa, Calif.: $52,550
- Rochester, Minn.: $52,510
- Barnstable, Mass.: $52,380
- Boston-Cambridge, Mass.-Nashua, N.H.: $52,330
- Bismarck, N.D.: $52,240
- Fairbanks, Alaska: $51,940
- Portsmouth, N.H.-Maine: $51,110
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Calif.: $125,750
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.: $122,660
- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif.: $119,320
- Anchorage, Ala.: $116,270
- Santa Rosa, Calif.: $115,730
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif.: $114,370
- Fairbanks, Ala..: $113,880
- Napa, Calif.: $112,520
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.: $111,600
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif.: $111,240
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