Pay distribution $128,620 10th $131,080 25th $155,770 75th $156,850 90th
Half of Dental Hygienists in the San Jose metro area earn more than $139,990 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $131,080 and $155,770.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $128,620 $131,080 $139,990 $155,770 $156,850 Hourly $61.84 $63.02 $67.30 $74.89 $75.41
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$139,990 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $131,080 to $155,770
$124,930 median for California; middle half earns $109,730 to $132,120
$98,100 median for United States; middle half earns $83,570 to $108,480
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +12% vs California overall and +43% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $55,840 $86,147 $116,453 $146,760 Gadsden, AL — $55,840 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $56,950 Dothan, AL — $58,310 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $58,660 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $59,320 Montgomery, AL — $60,120 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $60,490 Tuscaloosa, AL — $60,500 Mobile, AL — $60,710 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $61,000 Decatur, AL — $61,340 Birmingham, AL — $61,730 Huntsville, AL — $62,370 Elizabethtown, KY — $64,620 Beckley, WV — $64,730 Hattiesburg, MS — $65,360 Charleston, WV — $65,520 Jackson, MS — $67,270 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $70,730 Wheeling, WV-OH — $72,540 Elmira, NY — $73,210 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $73,470 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $73,500 Morgantown, WV — $73,840 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $74,190 Johnstown, PA — $74,450 Altoona, PA — $75,070 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $75,240 Owensboro, KY — $75,490 Bowling Green, KY — $75,690 Pittsburgh, PA — $75,960 Toledo, OH — $76,580 Erie, PA — $77,360 Peoria, IL — $77,870 Bloomington, IL — $78,220 Kankakee, IL — $78,430 Lima, OH — $78,530 State College, PA — $78,530 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $78,580 Monroe, MI — $78,660 Warner Robins, GA — $78,770 Jackson, MI — $78,990 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $79,050 Terre Haute, IN — $79,210 Albany, GA — $79,230 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $79,260 Valdosta, GA — $79,360 Saginaw, MI — $79,400 Tallahassee, FL — $79,520 Monroe, LA — $79,530 Paducah, KY-IL — $79,610 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $79,660 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $79,670 Battle Creek, MI — $79,700 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $79,840 Cleveland, TN — $79,880 Bay City, MI — $79,920 Niles, MI — $80,020 Johnson City, TN — $80,070 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $80,110 Columbus, GA-AL — $80,240 Lebanon, PA — $80,270 Reading, PA — $80,300 Alexandria, LA — $80,330 York-Hanover, PA — $80,380 Chambersburg, PA — $80,450 Sebring, FL — $80,590 Springfield, OH — $80,600 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $80,640 Lancaster, PA — $80,810 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $80,900 Decatur, IL — $80,930 Williamsport, PA — $80,990 Morristown, TN — $81,040 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $81,110 Sumter, SC — $81,150 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $81,170 Florence, SC — $81,200 Clarksville, TN-KY — $81,260 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $81,390 Dubuque, IA — $81,410 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $81,470 Flint, MI — $81,500 Logan, UT-ID — $81,540 Traverse City, MI — $81,570 Binghamton, NY — $81,640 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $81,780 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $81,800 Homosassa Springs, FL — $81,810 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $81,830 Hammond, LA — $81,840 Lafayette, LA — $81,900 Longview, TX — $81,920 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $82,000 Dalton, GA — $82,010 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $82,060 Las Cruces, NM — $82,120 Midland, MI — $82,160 Cedar Rapids, IA — $82,270 Columbia, SC — $82,370 Jacksonville, NC — $82,380 Laredo, TX — $82,440 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $82,470 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $82,500 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $82,650 Jackson, TN — $82,750 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $82,760 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $82,780 Evansville, IN — $82,800 Texarkana, TX-AR — $82,800 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $82,860 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $82,870 St. George, UT — $82,890 Gettysburg, PA — $82,920 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $82,940 Akron, OH — $82,970 Hot Springs, AR — $82,970 Springfield, IL — $83,070 Canton-Massillon, OH — $83,180 Rome, GA — $83,200 Ocala, FL — $83,260 Joplin, MO-KS — $83,270 Goldsboro, NC — $83,350 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $83,460 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $83,460 San Angelo, TX — $83,470 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $83,690 Spartanburg, SC — $83,780 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $83,920 Lake Charles, LA — $84,080 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $84,100 Corpus Christi, TX — $84,210 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $84,250 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $84,290 Fargo, ND-MN — $84,390 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $84,480 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $84,480 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $84,500 Knoxville, TN — $84,640 Mansfield, OH — $84,640 El Paso, TX — $84,660 Gainesville, FL — $84,750 Columbus, IN — $84,810 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $84,870 Amarillo, TX — $84,990 Cheyenne, WY — $85,220 Glens Falls, NY — $85,220 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $85,290 Jefferson City, MO — $85,290 Ogden, UT — $85,330 Grand Island, NE — $85,660 Victoria, TX — $85,680 Springfield, MO — $85,840 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $85,920 Fort Wayne, IN — $86,120 Rockford, IL — $86,120 Sandusky, OH — $86,130 Bloomington, IN — $86,280 Columbia, MO — $86,300 Hinesville, GA — $86,340 Lubbock, TX — $86,340 Jonesboro, AR — $86,650 Eau Claire, WI — $86,830 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $87,210 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $87,360 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $87,370 Wausau, WI — $87,470 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $88,030 Topeka, KS — $88,220 Rocky Mount, NC — $88,390 Bangor, ME — $88,450 Cleveland, OH — $88,990 Ames, IA — $89,130 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $89,160 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $89,310 Minot, ND — $89,800 Farmington, NM — $90,420 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $90,550 Casper, WY — $90,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $90,660 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $90,710 Muncie, IN — $91,060 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $91,120 Wichita Falls, TX — $91,340 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $91,420 Bismarck, ND — $91,600 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $91,750 Rapid City, SD — $91,890 Ann Arbor, MI — $91,900 Green Bay, WI — $91,920 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $92,000 Iowa City, IA — $92,020 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $92,050 Lawton, OK — $92,210 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $92,350 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $92,560 Baton Rouge, LA — $92,700 Kansas City, MO-KS — $92,750 Gainesville, GA — $92,840 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $92,900 Pocatello, ID — $93,060 Twin Falls, ID — $93,070 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $93,080 Fond du Lac, WI — $93,150 Fayetteville, NC — $93,330 Abilene, TX — $93,600 Syracuse, NY — $93,640 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $93,650 Rochester, NY — $93,650 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $93,660 Greenville, NC — $93,790 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $93,850 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $94,030 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $94,050 Port St. Lucie, FL — $94,060 Omaha, NE-IA — $94,170 Kokomo, IN — $94,230 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $94,330 Great Falls, MT — $94,460 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $94,490 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $94,570 Boise City, ID — $94,650 Tyler, TX — $94,710 Punta Gorda, FL — $94,740 Jacksonville, FL — $94,960 Lincoln, NE — $95,100 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $95,310 Waco, TX — $95,340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $95,400 Utica-Rome, NY — $95,480 Idaho Falls, ID — $95,700 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $95,870 Albuquerque, NM — $95,900 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $95,900 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $95,930 Winston-Salem, NC — $95,930 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $95,950 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $96,200 College Station-Bryan, TX — $96,260 Appleton, WI — $96,350 Urban Honolulu, HI — $96,440 Ithaca, NY — $96,620 Kenosha, WI — $96,620 Wilmington, NC — $96,700 Dover, DE — $96,730 Tucson, AZ — $96,740 Yuma, AZ — $96,850 Columbus, OH — $96,880 Lynchburg, VA — $96,990 Oklahoma City, OK — $97,110 Killeen-Temple, TX — $97,140 Burlington, NC — $97,210 Salisbury, MD — $97,310 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $97,350 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $97,470 Springfield, MA — $97,620 St. Louis, MO-IL — $97,650 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $97,940 Pittsfield, MA — $97,980 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $98,030 Sherman-Denison, TX — $98,030 Missoula, MT — $98,050 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $98,050 New Haven, CT — $98,170 Helena, MT — $98,200 Visalia, CA — $98,240 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $98,330 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $98,390 Lewiston, ID-WA — $98,450 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $98,480 Roanoke, VA — $98,550 Duluth, MN-WI — $98,600 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $98,630 Pueblo, CO — $98,700 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $98,780 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $98,800 Kingston, NY — $98,880 Portland-South Portland, ME — $98,880 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $98,890 Grand Junction, CO — $98,910 Sheboygan, WI — $98,940 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $98,950 Vineland, NJ — $99,160 Santa Fe, NM — $99,260 Billings, MT — $99,410 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $99,650 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $100,140 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $100,260 Mankato, MN — $100,260 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $100,330 Madison, WI — $100,340 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $100,350 Tulsa, OK — $100,350 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $100,370 Worcester, MA — $100,460 St. Cloud, MN — $100,480 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $100,600 Harrisonburg, VA — $100,620 Winchester, VA-WV — $100,640 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $100,820 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $100,920 Asheville, NC — $101,170 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $101,180 Flagstaff, AZ — $101,220 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $101,460 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $101,670 Fresno, CA — $101,730 Barnstable Town, MA — $101,820 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $101,870 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $101,990 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $102,520 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $102,790 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,940 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $103,390 Rochester, MN — $103,440 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $104,080 Richmond, VA — $104,250 Lexington Park, MD — $104,460 Bozeman, MT — $104,650 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $104,930 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $105,480 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $105,730 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $106,600 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $106,650 Walla Walla, WA — $106,680 Charlottesville, VA — $107,690 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $109,210 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $109,720 Greeley, CO — $110,080 Medford, OR — $110,200 Albany, OR — $111,380 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $112,630 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $113,160 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $113,760 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $114,380 Corvallis, OR — $114,450 El Centro, CA — $115,870 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $116,130 Grants Pass, OR — $116,210 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $116,690 Merced, CA — $117,400 Reno, NV — $117,850 Redding, CA — $118,130 Colorado Springs, CO — $118,410 Chico, CA — $118,800 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $118,820 Salem, OR — $119,050 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $119,170 Bend, OR — $119,650 Yakima, WA — $120,690 Carson City, NV — $121,500 Salinas, CA — $122,370 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $122,480 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $122,540 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $122,950 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $122,980 Longview-Kelso, WA — $123,020 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $123,100 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $123,790 Modesto, CA — $123,910 Yuba City, CA — $124,780 Bellingham, WA — $124,850 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $125,130 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $125,670 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $126,530 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $127,470 Vallejo, CA — $128,570 Boulder, CO — $130,000 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $130,600 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $131,040 Napa, CA — $131,370 Fairbanks-College, AK — $131,860 Anchorage, AK — $132,740 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $133,740 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $135,990 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $136,210 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $139,990 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $146,760 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 378 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for dental hygienists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$139,990 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $131,080 to $155,770
$146,760 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $130,200 to $154,920
$136,210 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $135,170 to $136,710
$135,990 median for Santa Maria metro area; middle half earns $122,690 to $138,370
$131,370 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $127,570 to $135,230
$130,600 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $122,180 to $145,600
$128,570 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $123,360 to $138,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .