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General Dentist Salary in Amarillo, Texas

The annual salary statistics of general dentists in Amarillo, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of general dentists in Amarillo is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of General Dentists in Amarillo, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$86,190
25th Percentile Wage
$107,760
50th Percentile Wage
$154,990
75th Percentile Wage
$165,040
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for general dentists in Amarillo, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $165,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $154,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $86,190.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of general dentists from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth8-Year Growth
2022
$154,990
1.17% -7.87%
2021
$153,170
16.20% -
2016
$128,350
-3.72% -
2015
$133,130
-25.58% -
2014
$167,180
- -

Table 2. Compare General Dentist Salary in Amarillo with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $154,990 in Amarillo is in the middle of salary range for general dentists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of general dentists in Amarillo is 22.1 percent (22.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Waco and 22.6 percent (22.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Waco
$198,950
Abilene
$193,040
Longview
$192,570
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$176,790
Lubbock
$166,440
Wichita Falls
$164,380
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$163,990
Midland
$160,370
Amarillo
$154,990
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$154,700
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$153,760
Odessa
$153,490
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$149,990
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$141,920
El Paso
$141,860
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$139,890
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$134,580
Brownsville-Harlingen
$133,870
College Station-Bryan
$133,570
Laredo
$133,080
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$130,990
Fort Worth-Arlington
$130,330
Texarkana-Texarkana
$130,060
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$127,800
Corpus Christi
$127,660
Sherman-Denison
$126,470
San Angelo
$126,180
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$125,130
Tyler
$124,910
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$124,490
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$120,000

See also: Top paying jobs in Amarillo, Texas.