Highest-paying Cities for General Dentists

The top 100 highest paying cities for general dentists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of general dentists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $228,800, Olympia, Washington is the highest paying city for general dentists. It is followed by Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama (average annual salary $218,960). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of general dentists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for General Dentists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Olympia, Washington	$228,800	$102,370	100
2	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$218,960	$107,120	310
3	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$216,620	$85,330	70
4	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$216,390	$37,310	50
5	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$216,210	$95,990	60
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$212,960	$55,910	90
7	Salinas, California	$212,890	$134,050	120
8	Akron, Ohio	$212,550	$127,330	150
9	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$212,450	$103,840	540
10	Spokane, Washington	$210,380	$107,900	280
11	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$209,990	$132,700	90
12	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$209,460	$123,880	80
13	Salem, Oregon	$208,970	$83,390	180
14	Hot Springs, Arkansas	$208,650	$71,860	50
15	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$208,480	$130,930	180
16	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$207,480	$80,180	230
17	Albany, Oregon	$206,890	$85,420	40
18	Longview, Washington	$206,780	$97,130	40
19	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$206,540	$105,890	100
20	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$205,870	$111,590	870
21	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$205,660	$106,610	170
22	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$204,780	$108,410	500
23	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$204,710	$63,930	710
24	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$204,700	$106,350	90
25	Manchester, New Hampshire	$204,670	$87,560	80
26	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$203,750	$75,320	90
27	Medford, Oregon	$203,130	$80,330	120
28	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$202,860	$57,370	60
29	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$201,930	$100,190	60
30	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$201,710	$83,150	710
31	Huntsville, Alabama	$201,240	$108,790	130
32	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$200,530	$53,050	270
33	Mobile, Alabama	$200,440	$121,610	90
34	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$199,990	$72,950	100
35	Johnson City, Tennessee	$199,990	$86,910	40
36	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$199,950	$79,580	140
37	Gary, Indiana	$199,510	$107,780	140
38	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$199,160	$61,030	50
39	Waco, Texas	$198,950	$69,190	50
40	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$198,160	$104,040	50
41	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$197,600	$106,610	40
42	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$197,450	$143,470	50
43	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$196,860	$80,220	60
44	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$196,790	$89,550	1,280
45	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$196,670	$121,730	100
46	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$196,610	$121,920	70
47	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$196,440	$71,570	1,640
48	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$195,890	$77,050	50
49	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$195,820	$74,100	40
50	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$195,640	$72,010	100
51	Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama	$195,440	$97,790	40
52	Dover, Delaware	$195,300	$74,470	70
53	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$195,270	$132,590	40
54	Montgomery, Alabama	$194,850	$102,240	100
55	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$194,720	$80,380	220
56	Danbury, Connecticut	$194,430	$63,180	80
57	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$194,270	$114,510	30
58	Yakima, Washington	$194,020	$60,630	90
59	Abilene, Texas	$193,040	$97,640	40
60	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$192,690	$62,830	60
61	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$192,610	$103,110	90
62	Longview, Texas	$192,570	$89,190	40
63	Decatur, Alabama	$192,550	$103,810	30
64	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$190,920	$137,700	340
65	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$190,780	$100,170	150
66	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$190,730	$112,220	70
67	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$190,680	$76,980	30
68	New Bern, North Carolina	$190,590	$100,170	50
69	Memphis, Tennessee	$189,700	$69,760	240
70	Ocean City, New Jersey	$188,280	$123,660	40
71	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$188,050	$118,890	120
72	El Centro, California	$187,650	$111,430	40
73	Cleveland, Tennessee	$187,390	$143,550	30
74	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$186,560	$100,570	90
75	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$186,480	$87,220	60
76	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$185,930	$92,570	1,510
77	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$185,930	$92,100	470
78	Carson City, Nevada	$185,730	$114,640	40
79	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$185,390	$90,470	90
80	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$185,110	$97,260	40
81	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$184,910	$84,520	50
82	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$184,530	$49,400	60
83	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$183,270	$128,380	50
84	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$183,060	$63,660	120
85	Lawrence, Kansas	$183,000	$94,820	40
86	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$182,940	$61,310	50
87	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$182,540	$71,850	50
88	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$182,460	$78,610	40
89	Jackson, Michigan	$181,320	$81,580	50
90	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$179,980	$65,940	40
91	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$179,750	$76,330	40
92	Knoxville, Tennessee	$179,320	$84,750	230
93	Springfield, Massachusetts	$178,410	$93,330	230
94	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$178,150	$112,760	40
95	Napa, California	$177,410	$95,050	80
96	New Haven, Connecticut	$177,320	$94,700	230
97	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$177,070	$122,050	100
98	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$177,030	$104,190	1,600
99	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$176,980	$89,550	30
100	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$176,790	$90,650	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for general dentists.