Pay distribution $102,810 10th $105,170 25th $159,580 75th $227,200 90th
Half of Dentists, General in the Charleston metro area earn more than $121,090 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $105,170 and $159,580.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $102,810 $105,170 $121,090 $159,580 $227,200 Hourly $49.43 $50.56 $58.22 $76.72 $109.23
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 Charleston metro areathis metro area
$121,090 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $105,170 to $159,580
$158,640 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $121,090 to $228,820
$170,950 median for United States; middle half earns $125,710 to $224,040
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −24% vs South Carolina overall and −29% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $98,570 $146,330 $194,090 $241,850 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $98,570 Lake Charles, LA — $114,470 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $114,990 Pocatello, ID — $115,870 Altoona, PA — $117,110 Boise City, ID — $119,550 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $120,160 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $121,090 Cleveland, TN — $122,910 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $123,240 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $123,460 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $125,230 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $125,330 Tyler, TX — $125,990 Idaho Falls, ID — $126,020 Johnstown, PA — $127,110 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $128,140 Casper, WY — $129,030 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $129,250 New Haven, CT — $129,380 Victoria, TX — $129,430 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $130,510 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $130,560 St. George, UT — $131,700 Hattiesburg, MS — $132,390 Logan, UT-ID — $132,700 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $134,160 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $134,420 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $134,550 Twin Falls, ID — $134,550 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $135,390 Salisbury, MD — $136,010 Florence, SC — $137,260 Kankakee, IL — $137,390 Erie, PA — $137,530 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $139,940 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $139,990 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $140,330 Spartanburg, SC — $140,360 Albuquerque, NM — $141,580 Lancaster, PA — $141,960 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $144,640 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $145,030 Waco, TX — $145,630 Killeen-Temple, TX — $147,360 Battle Creek, MI — $148,460 Wichita Falls, TX — $148,800 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $149,700 Laredo, TX — $149,820 Jackson, MS — $149,990 York-Hanover, PA — $150,290 El Paso, TX — $150,940 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $151,420 Reading, PA — $151,850 Charleston, WV — $152,980 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $153,510 Odessa, TX — $153,860 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $153,870 College Station-Bryan, TX — $154,340 Cleveland, OH — $154,800 Port St. Lucie, FL — $154,850 Greeley, CO — $154,940 Amarillo, TX — $154,960 Santa Fe, NM — $154,960 Ogden, UT — $155,250 Pittsburgh, PA — $155,250 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $155,750 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $155,940 Abilene, TX — $156,040 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $156,100 Terre Haute, IN — $156,210 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $157,770 Knoxville, TN — $157,900 Rapid City, SD — $158,140 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $158,160 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $158,820 Colorado Springs, CO — $158,830 Harrisonburg, VA — $159,220 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $159,270 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $159,620 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $160,620 Chambersburg, PA — $160,720 Bloomington, IL — $160,750 Dubuque, IA — $161,140 Grand Junction, CO — $161,200 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $161,270 Rocky Mount, NC — $161,810 Hot Springs, AR — $161,820 Monroe, LA — $161,930 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $162,140 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $162,200 Charlottesville, VA — $162,400 Glens Falls, NY — $162,780 Kingston, NY — $162,780 Great Falls, MT — $162,810 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $163,390 Bloomington, IN — $163,400 Akron, OH — $163,480 Chico, CA — $163,520 Homosassa Springs, FL — $163,520 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $163,600 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $163,700 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $163,910 Ames, IA — $163,950 Clarksville, TN-KY — $163,980 Mansfield, OH — $163,980 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $164,610 Topeka, KS — $164,670 Yuma, AZ — $164,680 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $164,990 Reno, NV — $165,030 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $165,060 Tulsa, OK — $165,280 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $165,300 Jacksonville, FL — $165,350 Saginaw, MI — $165,410 Niles, MI — $165,950 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $166,120 Columbus, OH — $166,180 Burlington, NC — $166,330 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $166,440 Tallahassee, FL — $166,800 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $166,880 Modesto, CA — $167,050 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $167,160 Lynchburg, VA — $167,440 Rochester, NY — $167,480 Midland, MI — $167,770 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $167,860 Bellingham, WA — $168,030 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $168,030 Urban Honolulu, HI — $168,090 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $168,150 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $168,170 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $168,210 State College, PA — $168,340 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $168,450 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $168,620 Winston-Salem, NC — $168,700 Peoria, IL — $168,780 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $168,820 Utica-Rome, NY — $169,070 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $169,160 Vineland, NJ — $169,280 Jonesboro, AR — $169,850 Redding, CA — $170,060 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $170,180 Merced, CA — $170,200 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $170,500 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $170,630 Longview, TX — $170,660 Flagstaff, AZ — $170,690 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $170,760 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $170,940 Lexington Park, MD — $170,960 Punta Gorda, FL — $171,220 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $171,320 Kansas City, MO-KS — $171,690 Traverse City, MI — $171,740 Lafayette, LA — $171,860 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $171,990 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $172,110 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $172,120 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $172,180 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $172,210 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $172,250 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $172,310 Pueblo, CO — $172,680 Springfield, OH — $172,680 Missoula, MT — $172,690 Cheyenne, WY — $173,080 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $173,140 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $173,160 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $173,810 Pittsfield, MA — $173,990 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $174,010 Kokomo, IN — $174,240 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $174,370 Ann Arbor, MI — $174,870 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $174,910 Greenville, NC — $174,990 Cedar Rapids, IA — $175,420 Yuba City, CA — $175,850 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $175,950 Binghamton, NY — $176,190 Madison, WI — $176,460 Albany, GA — $176,760 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $177,400 Flint, MI — $177,720 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $177,970 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $178,150 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $178,260 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $178,970 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $179,940 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $179,990 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $180,210 Boulder, CO — $180,440 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $180,440 Corpus Christi, TX — $180,630 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $181,080 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $181,140 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $181,150 Jackson, MI — $181,800 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $181,990 Tucson, AZ — $182,200 Johnson City, TN — $182,660 Vallejo, CA — $183,000 Fort Wayne, IN — $183,590 Gainesville, FL — $184,220 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $184,540 Salinas, CA — $185,040 Baton Rouge, LA — $185,430 Wilmington, NC — $185,720 Sheboygan, WI — $186,300 Omaha, NE-IA — $187,400 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $187,770 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $188,190 Fresno, CA — $188,510 Jacksonville, NC — $188,850 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $189,220 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $190,010 Muncie, IN — $190,750 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $191,280 Syracuse, NY — $191,830 Goldsboro, NC — $193,210 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $193,320 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $193,760 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $193,780 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $194,180 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $195,480 Farmington, NM — $195,760 Columbus, GA-AL — $196,310 Fayetteville, NC — $196,470 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $196,490 Oklahoma City, OK — $196,740 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $198,050 Springfield, MA — $198,250 Fargo, ND-MN — $198,570 Beckley, WV — $199,360 Iowa City, IA — $199,410 Green Bay, WI — $199,520 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $199,990 Yakima, WA — $200,130 Duluth, MN-WI — $200,210 Barnstable Town, MA — $200,470 Warner Robins, GA — $201,730 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $201,810 Joplin, MO-KS — $201,820 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $202,060 Worcester, MA — $202,110 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $202,240 Wausau, WI — $202,250 Asheville, NC — $202,630 Dalton, GA — $202,690 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $203,070 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $203,250 Billings, MT — $203,330 Ocala, FL — $203,980 Albany, OR — $204,310 Lincoln, NE — $204,530 Williamsport, PA — $204,660 Bangor, ME — $204,780 Longview-Kelso, WA — $204,950 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $205,000 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $205,300 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $205,790 Toledo, OH — $205,920 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $206,100 Medford, OR — $206,260 Appleton, WI — $206,650 Las Cruces, NM — $207,000 Mankato, MN — $207,000 Morgantown, WV — $207,000 Mobile, AL — $207,010 Kenosha, WI — $207,140 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $207,380 Columbia, MO — $207,450 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $207,450 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $207,910 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $208,000 St. Cloud, MN — $208,000 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $208,490 Jefferson City, MO — $208,630 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $209,300 Springfield, IL — $209,430 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $209,440 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $209,550 Eau Claire, WI — $209,750 Gainesville, GA — $210,400 St. Louis, MO-IL — $210,430 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $210,940 Rochester, MN — $211,190 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $212,000 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $212,240 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $212,300 Salem, OR — $212,310 Canton-Massillon, OH — $212,640 Grants Pass, OR — $213,240 Corvallis, OR — $214,060 Springfield, MO — $214,100 Rockford, IL — $214,670 Visalia, CA — $214,950 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $215,290 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $216,750 El Centro, CA — $217,830 Richmond, VA — $218,880 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $219,980 Portland-South Portland, ME — $221,190 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $222,430 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $222,690 Bend, OR — $224,990 Evansville, IN — $225,620 Anchorage, AK — $228,030 Columbia, SC — $228,820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $238,040 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $241,850 Charleston 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 Charleston metro area has the 309th-highest published median for this occupation among the 316 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 South Carolina Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for dentists, general, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Charleston metro areathis page
$121,090 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $105,170 to $159,580
$228,820 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $158,650 to $310,840
$144,640 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $121,050 to $226,180
$140,360 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $122,110 to $219,830
$139,940 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $103,490 to $222,500
$137,260 median for Florence metro area; middle half earns $110,220 to $207,320
$134,420 median for Myrtle Beach metro area; middle half earns $100,550 to $208,250
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 .