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Dental Hygienists Hygienists In Demand

General Information

Description

Administer oral hygiene care to patients. Assess patient oral hygiene problems or needs and maintain health records. Advise patients on oral health maintenance and disease prevention. May provide advanced care such as providing fluoride treatment or administering topical anesthesia.

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Industry areas

  • Health Science

Job Outlook

Projected Job Growth (2021 - 2031)
+9%
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Job Outlook

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Employment of dental hygienists is projected to grow 9 percent from 2021 to 2031, faster than the average for all occupations. About 16,300 openings for dental hygienists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

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Salary

Average Salary

Salary

$77,810

Military salary*

$91,180

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State-by-state Salary

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$125,840
$48,540
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Education & Interests

Most Common Education Levels

People in this career achieve this level of education.

  • Associate's degree 75%
  • First professional degree 12%
  • Post baccalaureate 9%
  • Bachelor's degree 3%
  • High school 0%
  • Some college 0%
  • Master's degree 0%
  • Doctoral degree 0%
  • Less than high school 0%
  • Post-doctoral training 0%
  • Post-master's certificate 0%
  • Post-secondary certificate 0%

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PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

You may find this career fulfilling if you consider yourself to be:

  • Social — You have an interest in helping, teaching, advising, assisting or providing service to others.
  • Realistic — You have an interest in physically working with equipment, materials or structures.
  • Conventional — You have an interest in following procedures and regulations to organize information or data.

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Knowledge

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Psychology
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Chemistry

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* Military pay may be higher based on specialty pays or bonuses. Learn more about Military benefits.

Data supplied by Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Center of Education Statistics, Defense Manpower Data Center (View our update schedule). Contact any business, college or military service branch to answer additional questions.