The annual salary statistics of dental hygienists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of dental hygienists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $79,610 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $105,310 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $115,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $125,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $132,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for dental hygienists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $132,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $115,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,610.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of dental hygienists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $115,310 | 3.20% | 4.65% |
| 2016 | $111,620 | -1.04% | - |
| 2015 | $112,780 | -1.69% | - |
| 2014 | $114,690 | 0.32% | - |
| 2013 | $114,320 | 3.82% | - |
| 2012 | $109,950 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $115,310 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for dental hygienists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of dental hygienists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is .4 percent (.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 44.6 percent (44.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Yuba City.