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Dentist · USA

Dentist salary in the USA

Median $170,950 gross per year · May 2025 · Source

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Median

$170,950

gross per year

Middle 80 %

$86,250–$319,630

10th to 90th percentile

Employed

124,390

people in this job

Occupation: Dentists, General (SOC 29-1021) BLS annual wages are its hourly wages times 2,080 hours (a full-time year) for wage and salary employees in all industries, excluding the self-employed; states whose figures BLS does not publish are left out.

By state

Dentist salary by state
#StateMedian10th percentile90th percentileEmployed
1Alaska$230,990$124,200$320,440310
2North Dakota$220,660$138,570$308,040260
3Minnesota$219,200$132,930$226,9402,370
4Tennessee$215,290$84,360$311,9002,200
5Oregon$211,690$143,990$353,3101,660
6Maine$209,200$152,740$385,460310
7North Carolina$207,000$107,810$337,6304,140
8Georgia$206,760$93,590$373,4202,620
9Missouri$204,960$95,610$427,9702,440
10Vermont$204,960$112,490$326,360240
11Virginia$197,110$105,400$321,2504,140
12Arizona$194,180$62,230$336,3203,470
13Wisconsin$193,690$121,780$306,3702,560
14New York$183,060$75,410$375,7407,340
15Massachusetts$181,600$101,470$417,6702,780
16Iowa$181,520$100,920$259,9901,240
17Nebraska$179,750$68,040$265,940790
18Arkansas$178,930$99,010$223,0101,210
19New Hampshire$177,480$99,780$341,950500
20Florida$174,900$98,680$314,8609,320
21New Jersey$171,330$77,920$349,7802,980
22Louisiana$170,750$80,530$309,3601,500
23West Virginia$170,370$96,270$362,930420
24Michigan$169,930$109,960$303,9803,620
25Washington$169,730$85,240$346,8403,240
26Maryland$168,500$107,880$254,8202,100
27Hawaii$167,820$83,310$416,000830
28Ohio$167,410$64,910$316,9702,790
29Montana$167,200$63,710$230,580380
30Indiana$166,650$81,370$327,9802,300
31Colorado$166,240$84,590$229,0702,940
32Oklahoma$166,170$97,290$346,890980
33California$165,950$74,510$272,73016,770
34Pennsylvania$163,390$65,520$316,9504,460
35Texas$162,360$83,990$308,2208,920
36Nevada$162,200$99,600$262,3501,100
37Rhode Island$161,560$103,490$240,650360
38Connecticut$160,440$89,430$362,8701,950
39South Carolina$158,640$96,920$310,8402,140
40South Dakota$158,140$94,560$250,780390
41Illinois$156,110$123,920$291,5306,940
42New Mexico$155,260$101,180$306,320780
43Mississippi$143,660$59,700$240,450740
44Kentucky$134,160$44,820$344,040790
45Utah$133,320$84,020$222,8201,020
46Idaho$124,190$91,070$203,610650
47Wyoming$123,830$71,150$235,090240

gross per year · May 2025 · Source

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