Highest-paying Cities for Other Specialists Dentists

The top 55 highest paying cities for other specialists 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 other specialists dentists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $222,720, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for other specialists dentists. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (average annual salary $212,640). 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 other specialists dentists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 55 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Specialists Dentists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$222,720	$181,490	220
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$212,640	$64,380	90
3	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$206,990	$141,590	n/a
4	St Louis, Missouri	$201,690	$125,850	n/a
5	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$201,120	$104,890	70
6	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$194,070	$148,670	n/a
7	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$194,040	$61,940	40
8	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$192,710	$78,980	30
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$192,670	$62,400	40
10	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$188,330	$110,620	50
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$186,380	$54,690	60
12	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$185,780	$164,990	30
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$184,240	$29,160	n/a
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$181,350	$65,910	40
15	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$180,460	$58,640	40
16	Tacoma, Washington	$179,780	$135,610	60
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$179,150	$92,710	100
18	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$178,610	$125,360	30
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$175,590	$53,650	30
20	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$172,390	$66,560	190
21	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$166,010	$54,570	50
22	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$162,950	$110,100	50
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$160,700	$61,640	70
24	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$157,000	$140,180	n/a
25	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$155,300	$116,280	n/a
26	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$153,800	$85,720	n/a
27	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$153,490	$153,490	650
28	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$153,490	$96,320	n/a
29	Richmond, Virginia	$152,760	$131,630	n/a
30	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$150,250	$54,160	30
31	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$149,800	$129,550	40
32	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$141,110	$49,980	40
33	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$140,520	$49,600	30
34	Tucson, Arizona	$137,630	$81,830	30
35	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$136,720	$219,440	150
36	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$134,990	$69,450	40
37	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$124,090	$70,110	30
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$122,760	$105,250	170
39	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$116,030	$106,020	30
40	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$115,040	$95,490	70
41	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$110,750	$99,760	n/a
42	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$109,830	$99,200	n/a
43	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$109,480	$98,850	n/a
44	Dayton, Ohio	$106,100	$58,780	40
45	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$96,190	$83,610	n/a
46	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$96,120	$61,960	30
47	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$94,500	$84,440	n/a
48	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$94,160	$63,540	120
49	El Paso, Texas	$93,000	$78,000	40
50	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$92,260	$55,670	30
51	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$91,130	$54,860	30
52	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$87,350	$52,530	120
53	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$37,270	$22,420	50
54	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$36,480	$32,820	n/a
55	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$29,700	$24,680	240

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other specialists dentists.