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Highest Paying Industries for Dental Hygienists

The top 49 highest paying industries for dental hygienists (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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $75,100, business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations is the highest paying industry for dental hygienists. It is followed by religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations industry (average annual salary $73,960). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of dental hygienists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 49 Highest Paying Industries for Dental Hygienists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$75,100	$62,260	n/a
2	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$73,960	$58,450	50
3	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$73,960	$58,450	50
4	Offices of Dentists	$71,840	$49,380	187,370
5	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$71,750	$49,350	190,880
6	Health Care and Social Assistance	$71,720	$49,310	191,710
7	Temporary Help Services	$70,320	$52,280	1,260
8	Administrative and Support Services	$69,940	$52,570	2,360
9	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$69,940	$52,570	2,360
10	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$69,850	$54,160	60
11	Employment Services	$69,780	$52,490	2,230
12	Finance and Insurance	$69,430	$53,400	60
13	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$68,230	$38,710	230
14	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$67,950	$43,680	60
15	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$67,950	$43,680	60
16	Outpatient Care Centers	$67,880	$47,900	960
17	Offices of Physicians	$67,880	$50,490	1,940
18	Educational Services - Privately owned	$67,580	$39,010	240
19	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$66,860	$34,300	440
20	Home Health Care Services	$66,430	$52,250	60
21	Hospitals - Privately owned	$66,250	$44,870	480
22	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$66,160	$44,910	470
23	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$65,510	$34,520	470
24	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$65,230	$43,500	580
25	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$64,330	$42,590	640
26	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$62,870	$47,910	70
27	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$61,330	$49,260	40
28	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$60,950	$40,820	600
29	Social Assistance	$60,710	$43,120	120
30	Educational Services	$60,540	$40,330	660
31	Individual and Family Services	$59,470	$42,280	100
32	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$59,420	$36,970	30
33	Educational Services - State government owned	$58,860	$42,030	370
34	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$58,820	$42,270	370
35	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$58,410	$40,820	500
36	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$58,290	$40,710	630
37	Educational Services - Local government owned	$57,690	$36,700	40
38	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$57,580	$41,190	90
39	Hospitals - Local government owned	$57,580	$41,190	90
40	Hospitals - State government owned	$56,690	$39,520	70
41	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$56,200	$42,470	2,210
42	State government, including schools and hospitals	$55,910	$41,920	930
43	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$55,420	$42,990	1,640
44	Federal, State, and Local Government	$55,420	$42,990	1,640
45	Federal government, including USPS	$54,970	$44,400	650
46	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$54,970	$44,400	650
47	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$53,760	$41,930	480
48	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$53,160	$36,380	50
49	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$52,120	$35,410	50