04/06/2022
A significant pain point for our clients is not only finding team members, but payroll impacts. Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicate continued upward pressure on Dental Hygiene and Dental Assistant wages in several metropolitan areas. These are some of the highest paying areas:
Dental Assistants:
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA: $55,150
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-Bloomington, WI.: $55,020
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: $54,590
Santa Rosa, CA: $52,550
Rochester, MN: $52,510
Barnstable, MA: $52,380
Boston-Cambridge, MA-Nashua, NH: $52,330
Bismarck, ND: $52,240
Fairbanks, AK: $51,940
Portsmouth, NH: $51,110
Dental Hygienists:
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA: $125,750
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: $122,660
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA: $119,320
Anchorage, AK: $116,270
Santa Rosa, CA: $115,730
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA: $114,370
Fairbanks, AK: $113,880
Napa, CA: $112,520
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: $111,600
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA: $111,240