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Dental Hygiene Techs

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed dental hygiene techs is about 167,000. This occupation has a very low unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 59% of employees work part time.

Training and Education

People with an associate degree have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of workers with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 33%. Approximately 64% of employees started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Dental hygiene techs with a high school diploma but no further education represent 3% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Santa Cruz (California), Leominster (Massachusetts), and Corvallis (Oregon), and less popular in Farmington (New Mexico), McAllen (Texas), and Lafayette (Louisiana).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, employees get paid the most in Santa Rosa (California), San Francisco (California), and Oakland (California), and the least in Gadsden (Alabama), Decatur (Alabama), and Florence (Alabama).

Career Overview Video About Dental Hygiene Techs

Dental Hygiene Techs: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Dental Hygiene Techs, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Dental Hygiene Techs are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Dental Hygiene Techs are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston100$39,2601.8
AlabamaAuburn70$45,2501.4
AlabamaBirmingham730$44,3701.1
AlabamaDecatur110$36,8301.7
AlabamaDothan140$42,0202
AlabamaFlorence130$31,270 2.2
AlabamaGadsden60$38,2701.6
AlabamaHuntsville320$46,5101.2
AlabamaMobile270$47,2301.2
AlabamaMontgomery220$42,5501
AlabamaTuscaloosa140$43,1601.3
AlaskaAnchorage280$93,8101.4
ArizonaFlagstaff100$70,3901.6
ArizonaKingman60$73,5601
ArizonaPhoenix2,010$68,1200.8
ArizonaPrescott100$73,5401.4
ArizonaTucson630$74,0601.3
ArkansasFayetteville240$63,5500.9
ArkansasHot Springs40$62,7201
ArkansasJonesboro90$58,2901.6
ArkansasLittle Rock430$57,9101
CaliforniaFresno380$66,1300.9
CaliforniaHanford50$72,4501.6
CaliforniaMadera40$76,8301
CaliforniaMerced100$94,4101.5
CaliforniaModesto220$65,7601.1
CaliforniaNapa80$97,0701.1
CaliforniaOakland2,180$97,9501.6
CaliforniaOxnard580$85,0501.5
CaliforniaRedding70$80,4300.9
CaliforniaRiverside1,380$83,4400.8
CaliforniaSacramento1,450$85,6201.2
CaliforniaSalinas120$96,5300.6
CaliforniaSan Diego1,440$83,8100.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,280$94,9601
CaliforniaSan Jose770$87,5400.6
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo260$82,620 2.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana2,150$79,1601.1
CaliforniaSanta Barbara250$79,8301.2
CaliforniaSanta Cruz320$81,210 3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa360$114,6901.5
CaliforniaStockton300$73,0801.1
CaliforniaVallejo250$90,8501.6
CaliforniaVisalia110$76,9400.7
CaliforniaYuba City110$92,310 2.5
ColoradoBoulder270$82,9701.3
ColoradoColorado Springs350$64,0401.1
ColoradoDenver1,560$76,5400.9
ColoradoFort Collins300$71,7102
ColoradoGrand Junction120$65,9801.8
ColoradoPueblo50$68,0100.8
ConnecticutBridgeport780$74,8501.4
ConnecticutDanbury230$70,920 2.7
ConnecticutHartford880$70,4301.1
ConnecticutNew Haven460$70,2201.3
ConnecticutNorwich290$70,4901.9
ConnecticutWaterbury110$71,6101.4
DelawareDover50$62,2400.8
DelawareWilmington460$69,3501.1
District of ColumbiaWashington1,990$78,6100.6
FloridaCape Coral270$71,7101
FloridaDeltona230$52,5301.2
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,020$60,6501
FloridaJacksonville780$56,9401
FloridaLakeland140$62,2100.6
FloridaMiami1,020$54,8900.8
FloridaNaples130$67,5800.9
FloridaOcala190$52,6301.6
FloridaOrlando910$59,9800.7
FloridaPalm Bay350$69,9101.4
FloridaPanama City70$56,5700.9
FloridaPensacola150$49,8800.8
FloridaPort St Lucie280$56,7801.8
FloridaPunta Gorda80$63,6701.8
FloridaSarasota360$64,0101.1
FloridaSebastian120$59,560 2.2
FloridaTallahassee160$56,3600.8
FloridaTampa1,130$58,3000.7
FloridaWest Palm Beach850$58,7101.2
GeorgiaAlbany110$42,8801.5
GeorgiaAthens140$59,9401.5
GeorgiaAtlanta3,460$69,5301.1
GeorgiaAugusta390$55,2901.5
GeorgiaBrunswick40$64,3800.8
GeorgiaColumbus130$56,1501
GeorgiaDalton60$57,4200.6
GeorgiaGainesville80$60,8901
GeorgiaMacon190$50,8001.6
GeorgiaRome40$58,8001
GeorgiaSavannah170$61,3000.9
GeorgiaWarner Robins110$41,1601.9
HawaiiHonolulu630$63,1001.1
IdahoBoise480$69,4701.4
IdahoCoeur Dalene80$67,7201.2
IdahoIdaho Falls130$62,250 2.4
IdahoLewiston40$76,9401.6
IdahoPocatello90$61,440 2.7
IllinoisBloomington210$47,440 2.5
IllinoisChampaign130$58,4001.1
IllinoisChicago4,320$66,0800.8
IllinoisDanville40$54,7101.4
IllinoisDecatur60$58,6101.1
IllinoisKankakee40$69,1300.9
IllinoisPeoria300$43,3801.4
IllinoisRockford230$67,2101.2
IllinoisSpringfield200$56,3301.6
IndianaAnderson50$71,6001.1
IndianaBloomington90$67,2301.1
IndianaColumbus60$49,2501.2
IndianaElkhart160$62,5301
IndianaEvansville240$58,1301.1
IndianaFort Wayne410$53,2501.5
IndianaGary350$64,2401
IndianaIndianapolis1,230$70,7501
IndianaKokomo100$60,950 2.5
IndianaLafayette80$73,4200.9
IndianaMuncie70$72,4701.3
IndianaSouth Bend240$60,4301.4
IowaAmes60$65,5901.4
IowaCedar Rapids150$63,2300.9
IowaDavenport220$62,7700.9
IowaDes Moines410$66,0501
IowaDubuque110$55,2001.8
IowaIowa City60$50,1500.7
IowaSioux City100$60,6901.2
IowaWaterloo80$59,8900.8
KansasLawrence60$61,6001.2
KansasTopeka140$71,1401
KansasWichita430$59,2601.1
KentuckyBowling Green60$46,7600.9
KentuckyElizabethtown50$52,1901
KentuckyLexington310$54,5701
KentuckyLouisville780$59,0001
KentuckyOwensboro90$53,2801.6
LouisianaAlexandria40$52,9600.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge460$54,7501
LouisianaHouma70$46,3700.6
LouisianaLafayette40$46,2400.2
LouisianaLake Charles140$54,9901.3
LouisianaMonroe60$50,0000.6
LouisianaNew Orleans560$54,9900.8
LouisianaShreveport170 0.8
MaineBangor120$51,3001.6
MaineLewiston80$73,7601.4
MainePortland410$62,4101.6
MarylandBaltimore1,350$73,0200.8
MarylandBethesda540$69,4000.7
MarylandCumberland60$55,8501.5
MarylandHagerstown130$64,6501.1
MarylandSalisbury110$75,1201.8
MassachusettsBarnstable Town310$74,120 2.5
MassachusettsBoston2,080$79,0100.9
MassachusettsBrockton120$73,0101.1
MassachusettsFramingham300$77,3001.5
MassachusettsHaverhill180$78,6101.9
MassachusettsLawrence140$70,130 2.1
MassachusettsLeominster170$73,650 2.9
MassachusettsLowell270$79,1801.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford190$67,950 2.5
MassachusettsPittsfield80$66,810 2.2
MassachusettsSpringfield640$67,7801.6
MassachusettsTaunton60$72,6201.1
MassachusettsWorcester600$67,7501.9
MichiganAnn Arbor360$63,0301.7
MichiganBattle Creek80$55,2601.4
MichiganBay City100$59,390 2.6
MichiganDetroit1,260$61,8201.3
MichiganFlint430$54,740 2.5
MichiganGrand Rapids800$56,6501.6
MichiganHolland250$61,4802
MichiganJackson130$52,440 2.2
MichiganKalamazoo320$59,8901.9
MichiganLansing530$59,900 2.1
MichiganMonroe100$57,570 2.2
MichiganMuskegon120$52,7701.7
MichiganNiles90$65,8101.2
MichiganSaginaw200$54,350 2.2
MichiganWarren2,790$63,9701.8
MinnesotaDuluth180$58,2501.1
MinnesotaMinneapolis2,840$70,2501.2
MinnesotaRochester140$65,2901.2
MinnesotaSt Cloud170$68,8001.3
MississippiGulfport110$55,7900.8
MississippiHattiesburg110$51,8301.7
MississippiJackson340$48,2101
MississippiPascagoula70$51,5901.3
MissouriColumbia80$62,1400.8
MissouriJoplin110$56,9501.1
MissouriKansas City1,250$71,4500.9
MissouriSpringfield250$57,1301
MissouriSt Joseph40$57,3500.7
MissouriSt Louis1,370$60,7400.8
MontanaBillings160$64,8501.6
MontanaGreat Falls30$65,3100.8
MontanaMissoula110$63,1001.8
NebraskaLincoln210$65,6201
NebraskaOmaha340$68,1400.6
NevadaLas Vegas890$71,8900.7
NevadaReno280$77,3801
New HampshireManchester270$73,060 2.1
New HampshireNashua270$74,9401.5
New HampshirePortsmouth100$66,7901.5
New HampshireRochester110$78,4401.7
New JerseyAtlantic City150$71,1500.8
New JerseyCamden570$74,3000.8
New JerseyEdison1,470$69,8001.1
New JerseyNewark1,040$78,8900.8
New JerseyOcean City90$73,8101.9
New JerseyTrenton210$69,4000.8
New JerseyVineland60$62,1700.9
New MexicoAlbuquerque450$75,0600.9
New MexicoFarmington30$60,5900.5
New MexicoSanta Fe70$80,5700.9
New YorkAlbany660$59,9801.1
New YorkBinghamton210$50,0301.6
New YorkBuffalo810$51,9001.1
New YorkElmira60$51,3401.5
New YorkGlens Falls80$63,9501.3
New YorkIthaca40$57,3000.8
New YorkKingston120$66,8201.7
New YorkNassau1,930$68,7101.2
New YorkNew York5,020$75,2200.7
New YorkPoughkeepsie380$67,6401.2
New YorkRochester950$57,3701.4
New YorkSyracuse500$55,6401.2
New YorkUtica190$59,8201.2
North CarolinaAsheville280$54,8801.2
North CarolinaCharlotte1,000$65,7400.8
North CarolinaDurham360$64,0201
North CarolinaFayetteville180$54,9401.2
North CarolinaGoldsboro60$63,3301.4
North CarolinaGreensboro490$56,2801
North CarolinaGreenville80$65,3100.9
North CarolinaJacksonville100$60,060 2.2
North CarolinaRaleigh770$64,3301.1
North CarolinaRocky Mount110$55,6801.6
North CarolinaWilmington230$66,4601.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem340$66,6001.2
North DakotaBismarck100$56,8101.5
North DakotaFargo250$57,5601.7
North DakotaGrand Forks60$50,1701.1
OhioAkron390$61,5400.9
OhioCanton160$59,3700.7
OhioCincinnati1,410$64,7401
OhioCleveland1,420$61,4101
OhioColumbus1,180$69,2400.9
OhioDayton450$58,7100.9
OhioLima90$54,1501.5
OhioMansfield80$63,5801.3
OhioSandusky50$60,1601.3
OhioSpringfield50$62,9300.9
OhioToledo560$56,3801.4
OhioYoungstown350$53,1001.2
OklahomaLawton40$57,1201
OklahomaOklahoma City660$56,9900.9
OklahomaTulsa450$65,3100.8
OregonCorvallis100$75,160 2.9
OregonEugene320$73,7701.7
OregonMedford160$73,6501.6
OregonPortland2,120$77,6001.5
OregonSalem240$75,0101.3
PennsylvaniaAllentown510$55,0101.2
PennsylvaniaAltoona60$51,3000.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg270$57,1800.7
PennsylvaniaJohnstown70$52,3101.1
PennsylvaniaLancaster370$55,0701.2
PennsylvaniaLebanon50$54,8700.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia2,540$63,4101
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,680$52,4001.1
PennsylvaniaReading200$60,5601
PennsylvaniaScranton270$47,6100.8
PennsylvaniaState College70$50,3601.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport70$53,3401.2
PennsylvaniaYork210$53,4200.9
Rhode IslandProvidence890$68,1501.2
South CarolinaAnderson160$54,610 2.3
South CarolinaCharleston420$53,6201.1
South CarolinaColumbia470$54,9401
South CarolinaFlorence110$50,8401.1
South CarolinaGreenville360$50,4300.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach220$49,8501.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg170$52,4701.1
South CarolinaSumter60$48,5801.5
South DakotaSioux Falls200$63,4001.2
TennesseeChattanooga330$57,1401.1
TennesseeClarksville110$60,3601.2
TennesseeCleveland60$52,0401.5
TennesseeJohnson City130$61,2101.5
TennesseeKingsport200$55,4001.4
TennesseeKnoxville460$57,8401
TennesseeMemphis670$54,4900.8
TennesseeNashville720$52,8800.7
TexasAbilene60$66,5500.8
TexasAmarillo70$51,2900.6
TexasAustin760$73,4900.7
TexasBeaumont230$60,9101.2
TexasBrownsville100$60,0400.6
TexasCollege Station80$66,5900.9
TexasCorpus Christi180$54,6800.8
TexasDallas2,200$70,1600.8
TexasEl Paso170$50,9200.5
TexasFort Worth810$72,5100.7
TexasHouston2,370$68,4900.7
TexasKilleen110$73,1000.7
TexasLongview130 1.1
TexasMcallen110$56,2600.4
TexasMidland60$69,7800.8
TexasOdessa70$57,0301.1
TexasSan Antonio920$63,7700.8
TexasTexarkana80$51,4701.3
TexasTyler120$56,4401.1
TexasVictoria70$54,8501.3
TexasWaco80$63,2900.7
TexasWichita Falls70$57,6801
UtahProvo390$65,7401.9
UtahSalt Lake City710$64,5600.9
VermontBurlington260$57,7901.9
VirginiaBlacksburg90$60,6501.3
VirginiaDanville50$62,4001.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg70$66,1001.1
VirginiaLynchburg100$62,6800.8
VirginiaRichmond690$66,8900.9
VirginiaRoanoke230$61,9801.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach650$69,1700.6
VirginiaWinchester70$57,5101.2
WashingtonBellingham170$87,6801.8
WashingtonBremerton230$93,150 2.3
WashingtonKennewick140$91,3601.3
WashingtonLongview40$74,7001.1
WashingtonMount Vernon80$86,2101.6
WashingtonOlympia190$88,8101.7
WashingtonSeattle2,400$94,4301.2
WashingtonSpokane340$72,5601.3
WashingtonTacoma490$85,0201.4
WashingtonWenatchee90$90,680 2
WashingtonYakima170$83,5101.8
West VirginiaCharleston140$49,9400.8
West VirginiaHuntington120$50,1500.9
West VirginiaMorgantown60$52,0701.1
West VirginiaParkersburg90$48,9001.1
West VirginiaWeirton60$47,9901.3
West VirginiaWheeling110$45,0701.5
WisconsinAppleton230$61,6401.6
WisconsinEau Claire130$59,4301.4
WisconsinFond110$56,760 2.2
WisconsinGreen Bay300$59,4001.4
WisconsinLa Crosse170$58,910 2.1
WisconsinMadison590$63,2901.4
WisconsinMilwaukee1,480$60,2401.3
WisconsinOshkosh120$56,3101.2
WisconsinRacine130$61,2601.4
WisconsinSheboygan60$61,5300.9
WisconsinWausau110$56,7201.4
WyomingCasper70$56,3901.6
 

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