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Dental Hygiene Techs
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Job Numbers and Growth
Dental hygiene techs in the US number about 167,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
About 59% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week.
Training and Education
Expect to need to get an associate degree if you pursue this occupation. 33% of workers have a bachelor's degree. 64 of people working as employees have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 3% of those working as dental hygiene techs have a high-school diploma, but no further education. 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 per capita for workers are most common in Santa Cruz (California), Leominster (Massachusetts), and Corvallis (Oregon), and least common in Farmington (New Mexico), McAllen (Texas), and Lafayette (Louisiana).
Jobs for employees pay the most in Santa Rosa (California), San Francisco (California), and Oakland (California), and the least in Gadsden (Alabama), Decatur (Alabama), and Florence (Alabama).
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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 100 $39,260 1.8 Alabama Auburn 70 $45,250 1.4 Alabama Birmingham 730 $44,370 1.1 Alabama Decatur 110 $36,830 1.7 Alabama Dothan 140 $42,020 2 Alabama Florence 130 $31,270 2.2Alabama Gadsden 60 $38,270 1.6 Alabama Huntsville 320 $46,510 1.2 Alabama Mobile 270 $47,230 1.2 Alabama Montgomery 220 $42,550 1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 140 $43,160 1.3 Alaska Anchorage 280 $93,810 1.4 Arizona Flagstaff 100 $70,390 1.6 Arizona Kingman 60 $73,560 1 Arizona Phoenix 2,010 $68,120 0.8 Arizona Prescott 100 $73,540 1.4 Arizona Tucson 630 $74,060 1.3 Arkansas Fayetteville 240 $63,550 0.9 Arkansas Hot Springs 40 $62,720 1 Arkansas Jonesboro 90 $58,290 1.6 Arkansas Little Rock 430 $57,910 1 California Fresno 380 $66,130 0.9 California Hanford 50 $72,450 1.6 California Madera 40 $76,830 1 California Merced 100 $94,410 1.5 California Modesto 220 $65,760 1.1 California Napa 80 $97,070 1.1 California Oakland 2,180 $97,950 1.6 California Oxnard 580 $85,050 1.5 California Redding 70 $80,430 0.9 California Riverside 1,380 $83,440 0.8 California Sacramento 1,450 $85,620 1.2 California Salinas 120 $96,530 0.6 California San Diego 1,440 $83,810 0.8 California San Francisco 1,280 $94,960 1 California San Jose 770 $87,540 0.6 California San Luis Obispo 260 $82,620 2.1California Santa Ana 2,150 $79,160 1.1 California Santa Barbara 250 $79,830 1.2 California Santa Cruz 320 $81,210 3California Santa Rosa 360 $114,690 1.5 California Stockton 300 $73,080 1.1 California Vallejo 250 $90,850 1.6 California Visalia 110 $76,940 0.7 California Yuba City 110 $92,310 2.5Colorado Boulder 270 $82,970 1.3 Colorado Colorado Springs 350 $64,040 1.1 Colorado Denver 1,560 $76,540 0.9 Colorado Fort Collins 300 $71,710 2 Colorado Grand Junction 120 $65,980 1.8 Colorado Pueblo 50 $68,010 0.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 780 $74,850 1.4 Connecticut Danbury 230 $70,920 2.7Connecticut Hartford 880 $70,430 1.1 Connecticut New Haven 460 $70,220 1.3 Connecticut Norwich 290 $70,490 1.9 Connecticut Waterbury 110 $71,610 1.4 Delaware Dover 50 $62,240 0.8 Delaware Wilmington 460 $69,350 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 1,990 $78,610 0.6 Florida Cape Coral 270 $71,710 1 Florida Deltona 230 $52,530 1.2 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,020 $60,650 1 Florida Jacksonville 780 $56,940 1 Florida Lakeland 140 $62,210 0.6 Florida Miami 1,020 $54,890 0.8 Florida Naples 130 $67,580 0.9 Florida Ocala 190 $52,630 1.6 Florida Orlando 910 $59,980 0.7 Florida Palm Bay 350 $69,910 1.4 Florida Panama City 70 $56,570 0.9 Florida Pensacola 150 $49,880 0.8 Florida Port St Lucie 280 $56,780 1.8 Florida Punta Gorda 80 $63,670 1.8 Florida Sarasota 360 $64,010 1.1 Florida Sebastian 120 $59,560 2.2Florida Tallahassee 160 $56,360 0.8 Florida Tampa 1,130 $58,300 0.7 Florida West Palm Beach 850 $58,710 1.2 Georgia Albany 110 $42,880 1.5 Georgia Athens 140 $59,940 1.5 Georgia Atlanta 3,460 $69,530 1.1 Georgia Augusta 390 $55,290 1.5 Georgia Brunswick 40 $64,380 0.8 Georgia Columbus 130 $56,150 1 Georgia Dalton 60 $57,420 0.6 Georgia Gainesville 80 $60,890 1 Georgia Macon 190 $50,800 1.6 Georgia Rome 40 $58,800 1 Georgia Savannah 170 $61,300 0.9 Georgia Warner Robins 110 $41,160 1.9 Hawaii Honolulu 630 $63,100 1.1 Idaho Boise 480 $69,470 1.4 Idaho Coeur Dalene 80 $67,720 1.2 Idaho Idaho Falls 130 $62,250 2.4Idaho Lewiston 40 $76,940 1.6 Idaho Pocatello 90 $61,440 2.7Illinois Bloomington 210 $47,440 2.5Illinois Champaign 130 $58,400 1.1 Illinois Chicago 4,320 $66,080 0.8 Illinois Danville 40 $54,710 1.4 Illinois Decatur 60 $58,610 1.1 Illinois Kankakee 40 $69,130 0.9 Illinois Peoria 300 $43,380 1.4 Illinois Rockford 230 $67,210 1.2 Illinois Springfield 200 $56,330 1.6 Indiana Anderson 50 $71,600 1.1 Indiana Bloomington 90 $67,230 1.1 Indiana Columbus 60 $49,250 1.2 Indiana Elkhart 160 $62,530 1 Indiana Evansville 240 $58,130 1.1 Indiana Fort Wayne 410 $53,250 1.5 Indiana Gary 350 $64,240 1 Indiana Indianapolis 1,230 $70,750 1 Indiana Kokomo 100 $60,950 2.5Indiana Lafayette 80 $73,420 0.9 Indiana Muncie 70 $72,470 1.3 Indiana South Bend 240 $60,430 1.4 Iowa Ames 60 $65,590 1.4 Iowa Cedar Rapids 150 $63,230 0.9 Iowa Davenport 220 $62,770 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 410 $66,050 1 Iowa Dubuque 110 $55,200 1.8 Iowa Iowa City 60 $50,150 0.7 Iowa Sioux City 100 $60,690 1.2 Iowa Waterloo 80 $59,890 0.8 Kansas Lawrence 60 $61,600 1.2 Kansas Topeka 140 $71,140 1 Kansas Wichita 430 $59,260 1.1 Kentucky Bowling Green 60 $46,760 0.9 Kentucky Elizabethtown 50 $52,190 1 Kentucky Lexington 310 $54,570 1 Kentucky Louisville 780 $59,000 1 Kentucky Owensboro 90 $53,280 1.6 Louisiana Alexandria 40 $52,960 0.6 Louisiana Baton Rouge 460 $54,750 1 Louisiana Houma 70 $46,370 0.6 Louisiana Lafayette 40 $46,240 0.2 Louisiana Lake Charles 140 $54,990 1.3 Louisiana Monroe 60 $50,000 0.6 Louisiana New Orleans 560 $54,990 0.8 Louisiana Shreveport 170 0.8 Maine Bangor 120 $51,300 1.6 Maine Lewiston 80 $73,760 1.4 Maine Portland 410 $62,410 1.6 Maryland Baltimore 1,350 $73,020 0.8 Maryland Bethesda 540 $69,400 0.7 Maryland Cumberland 60 $55,850 1.5 Maryland Hagerstown 130 $64,650 1.1 Maryland Salisbury 110 $75,120 1.8 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 310 $74,120 2.5Massachusetts Boston 2,080 $79,010 0.9 Massachusetts Brockton 120 $73,010 1.1 Massachusetts Framingham 300 $77,300 1.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 180 $78,610 1.9 Massachusetts Lawrence 140 $70,130 2.1Massachusetts Leominster 170 $73,650 2.9Massachusetts Lowell 270 $79,180 1.8 Massachusetts New Bedford 190 $67,950 2.5Massachusetts Pittsfield 80 $66,810 2.2Massachusetts Springfield 640 $67,780 1.6 Massachusetts Taunton 60 $72,620 1.1 Massachusetts Worcester 600 $67,750 1.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 360 $63,030 1.7 Michigan Battle Creek 80 $55,260 1.4 Michigan Bay City 100 $59,390 2.6Michigan Detroit 1,260 $61,820 1.3 Michigan Flint 430 $54,740 2.5Michigan Grand Rapids 800 $56,650 1.6 Michigan Holland 250 $61,480 2 Michigan Jackson 130 $52,440 2.2Michigan Kalamazoo 320 $59,890 1.9 Michigan Lansing 530 $59,900 2.1Michigan Monroe 100 $57,570 2.2Michigan Muskegon 120 $52,770 1.7 Michigan Niles 90 $65,810 1.2 Michigan Saginaw 200 $54,350 2.2Michigan Warren 2,790 $63,970 1.8 Minnesota Duluth 180 $58,250 1.1 Minnesota Minneapolis 2,840 $70,250 1.2 Minnesota Rochester 140 $65,290 1.2 Minnesota St Cloud 170 $68,800 1.3 Mississippi Gulfport 110 $55,790 0.8 Mississippi Hattiesburg 110 $51,830 1.7 Mississippi Jackson 340 $48,210 1 Mississippi Pascagoula 70 $51,590 1.3 Missouri Columbia 80 $62,140 0.8 Missouri Joplin 110 $56,950 1.1 Missouri Kansas City 1,250 $71,450 0.9 Missouri Springfield 250 $57,130 1 Missouri St Joseph 40 $57,350 0.7 Missouri St Louis 1,370 $60,740 0.8 Montana Billings 160 $64,850 1.6 Montana Great Falls 30 $65,310 0.8 Montana Missoula 110 $63,100 1.8 Nebraska Lincoln 210 $65,620 1 Nebraska Omaha 340 $68,140 0.6 Nevada Las Vegas 890 $71,890 0.7 Nevada Reno 280 $77,380 1 New Hampshire Manchester 270 $73,060 2.1New Hampshire Nashua 270 $74,940 1.5 New Hampshire Portsmouth 100 $66,790 1.5 New Hampshire Rochester 110 $78,440 1.7 New Jersey Atlantic City 150 $71,150 0.8 New Jersey Camden 570 $74,300 0.8 New Jersey Edison 1,470 $69,800 1.1 New Jersey Newark 1,040 $78,890 0.8 New Jersey Ocean City 90 $73,810 1.9 New Jersey Trenton 210 $69,400 0.8 New Jersey Vineland 60 $62,170 0.9 New Mexico Albuquerque 450 $75,060 0.9 New Mexico Farmington 30 $60,590 0.5 New Mexico Santa Fe 70 $80,570 0.9 New York Albany 660 $59,980 1.1 New York Binghamton 210 $50,030 1.6 New York Buffalo 810 $51,900 1.1 New York Elmira 60 $51,340 1.5 New York Glens Falls 80 $63,950 1.3 New York Ithaca 40 $57,300 0.8 New York Kingston 120 $66,820 1.7 New York Nassau 1,930 $68,710 1.2 New York New York 5,020 $75,220 0.7 New York Poughkeepsie 380 $67,640 1.2 New York Rochester 950 $57,370 1.4 New York Syracuse 500 $55,640 1.2 New York Utica 190 $59,820 1.2 North Carolina Asheville 280 $54,880 1.2 North Carolina Charlotte 1,000 $65,740 0.8 North Carolina Durham 360 $64,020 1 North Carolina Fayetteville 180 $54,940 1.2 North Carolina Goldsboro 60 $63,330 1.4 North Carolina Greensboro 490 $56,280 1 North Carolina Greenville 80 $65,310 0.9 North Carolina Jacksonville 100 $60,060 2.2North Carolina Raleigh 770 $64,330 1.1 North Carolina Rocky Mount 110 $55,680 1.6 North Carolina Wilmington 230 $66,460 1.3 North Carolina Winston Salem 340 $66,600 1.2 North Dakota Bismarck 100 $56,810 1.5 North Dakota Fargo 250 $57,560 1.7 North Dakota Grand Forks 60 $50,170 1.1 Ohio Akron 390 $61,540 0.9 Ohio Canton 160 $59,370 0.7 Ohio Cincinnati 1,410 $64,740 1 Ohio Cleveland 1,420 $61,410 1 Ohio Columbus 1,180 $69,240 0.9 Ohio Dayton 450 $58,710 0.9 Ohio Lima 90 $54,150 1.5 Ohio Mansfield 80 $63,580 1.3 Ohio Sandusky 50 $60,160 1.3 Ohio Springfield 50 $62,930 0.9 Ohio Toledo 560 $56,380 1.4 Ohio Youngstown 350 $53,100 1.2 Oklahoma Lawton 40 $57,120 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 660 $56,990 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 450 $65,310 0.8 Oregon Corvallis 100 $75,160 2.9Oregon Eugene 320 $73,770 1.7 Oregon Medford 160 $73,650 1.6 Oregon Portland 2,120 $77,600 1.5 Oregon Salem 240 $75,010 1.3 Pennsylvania Allentown 510 $55,010 1.2 Pennsylvania Altoona 60 $51,300 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 270 $57,180 0.7 Pennsylvania Johnstown 70 $52,310 1.1 Pennsylvania Lancaster 370 $55,070 1.2 Pennsylvania Lebanon 50 $54,870 0.9 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2,540 $63,410 1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,680 $52,400 1.1 Pennsylvania Reading 200 $60,560 1 Pennsylvania Scranton 270 $47,610 0.8 Pennsylvania State College 70 $50,360 1.1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 70 $53,340 1.2 Pennsylvania York 210 $53,420 0.9 Rhode Island Providence 890 $68,150 1.2 South Carolina Anderson 160 $54,610 2.3South Carolina Charleston 420 $53,620 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 470 $54,940 1 South Carolina Florence 110 $50,840 1.1 South Carolina Greenville 360 $50,430 0.9 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 220 $49,850 1.5 South Carolina Spartanburg 170 $52,470 1.1 South Carolina Sumter 60 $48,580 1.5 South Dakota Sioux Falls 200 $63,400 1.2 Tennessee Chattanooga 330 $57,140 1.1 Tennessee Clarksville 110 $60,360 1.2 Tennessee Cleveland 60 $52,040 1.5 Tennessee Johnson City 130 $61,210 1.5 Tennessee Kingsport 200 $55,400 1.4 Tennessee Knoxville 460 $57,840 1 Tennessee Memphis 670 $54,490 0.8 Tennessee Nashville 720 $52,880 0.7 Texas Abilene 60 $66,550 0.8 Texas Amarillo 70 $51,290 0.6 Texas Austin 760 $73,490 0.7 Texas Beaumont 230 $60,910 1.2 Texas Brownsville 100 $60,040 0.6 Texas College Station 80 $66,590 0.9 Texas Corpus Christi 180 $54,680 0.8 Texas Dallas 2,200 $70,160 0.8 Texas El Paso 170 $50,920 0.5 Texas Fort Worth 810 $72,510 0.7 Texas Houston 2,370 $68,490 0.7 Texas Killeen 110 $73,100 0.7 Texas Longview 130 1.1 Texas Mcallen 110 $56,260 0.4 Texas Midland 60 $69,780 0.8 Texas Odessa 70 $57,030 1.1 Texas San Antonio 920 $63,770 0.8 Texas Texarkana 80 $51,470 1.3 Texas Tyler 120 $56,440 1.1 Texas Victoria 70 $54,850 1.3 Texas Waco 80 $63,290 0.7 Texas Wichita Falls 70 $57,680 1 Utah Provo 390 $65,740 1.9 Utah Salt Lake City 710 $64,560 0.9 Vermont Burlington 260 $57,790 1.9 Virginia Blacksburg 90 $60,650 1.3 Virginia Danville 50 $62,400 1.3 Virginia Harrisonburg 70 $66,100 1.1 Virginia Lynchburg 100 $62,680 0.8 Virginia Richmond 690 $66,890 0.9 Virginia Roanoke 230 $61,980 1.1 Virginia Virginia Beach 650 $69,170 0.6 Virginia Winchester 70 $57,510 1.2 Washington Bellingham 170 $87,680 1.8 Washington Bremerton 230 $93,150 2.3Washington Kennewick 140 $91,360 1.3 Washington Longview 40 $74,700 1.1 Washington Mount Vernon 80 $86,210 1.6 Washington Olympia 190 $88,810 1.7 Washington Seattle 2,400 $94,430 1.2 Washington Spokane 340 $72,560 1.3 Washington Tacoma 490 $85,020 1.4 Washington Wenatchee 90 $90,680 2Washington Yakima 170 $83,510 1.8 West Virginia Charleston 140 $49,940 0.8 West Virginia Huntington 120 $50,150 0.9 West Virginia Morgantown 60 $52,070 1.1 West Virginia Parkersburg 90 $48,900 1.1 West Virginia Weirton 60 $47,990 1.3 West Virginia Wheeling 110 $45,070 1.5 Wisconsin Appleton 230 $61,640 1.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 130 $59,430 1.4 Wisconsin Fond 110 $56,760 2.2Wisconsin Green Bay 300 $59,400 1.4 Wisconsin La Crosse 170 $58,910 2.1Wisconsin Madison 590 $63,290 1.4 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,480 $60,240 1.3 Wisconsin Oshkosh 120 $56,310 1.2 Wisconsin Racine 130 $61,260 1.4 Wisconsin Sheboygan 60 $61,530 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 110 $56,720 1.4 Wyoming Casper 70 $56,390 1.6
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